You know that someone is over the target when the Woke left starts going into a full-scale meltdown.
That's what happened when former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom declared for the WNBA draft.
After careful consideration and reviewing the current eligibility guidelines,
— Enes Kanter FREEDOM (@EnesFreedom) August 7, 2026
I’m officially declaring myself a @WNBA prospect.
If simply declaring who you are is all that’s required, then I meet every single requirement necessary to compete in the WNBA.
My team and I have… pic.twitter.com/msncUZUT1J
Slight problem: Enes Kanter Freedom is identifying as a female solely for the purpose of competing in the WNBA.
Now, the WNBA is in the slightly awkward position of explaining why Freedom's self-identification as a female is not valid, but others' self-identification as a female is valid.
READ MORE: WNBA Players Assoc Released Politically Charged Statement After Former NBA Player Declares for Draft
The Women's National Basketball Players Association did not take Freedom's announcement well. Later on Friday, the WNBPA released a statement.
The WNBA Players Association have released a statement regarding the debate of men in women's sports...
— Jon Root (@JonnyRoot_) August 7, 2026
They call out "hate" & the "demonization" of trans people, while saying they "will not be used as political pawns"
They encourage fans to tell their "elected officials to… pic.twitter.com/TxZE6ONfQz
The WNBA Players Association have released a statement regarding the debate of men in women's sports...
They call out "hate" & the "demonization" of trans people, while saying they "will not be used as political pawns"
They encourage fans to tell their "elected officials to strengthen Title IX", while encouraging them report "hateful" and "abusive behavior" to security at games.
The lack of awareness, gaslighting, & virtue signaling is off the charts...
It turns out, some personal beliefs are more equal than others. Now, the floodgates have been opened. A second former NBA player has declared for the WNBA draft: Royce White.
Burn it all down. pic.twitter.com/yvhExxsnct
— The Redheaded libertarian (@TRHLofficial) August 8, 2026
Former Woke ESPN sportscaster Jemele Hill is not taking any of this well. At all.
She unleashed a rant on X that shows just how serious a threat this is to the radical transgenda.
If you have to constantly invent hypothetical, implausible scenarios to try to make a point, maybe the point you’re making is just f***ing dumb.
Or, maybe, the people who can't form an articulate counter-argument are the ones who are "dumb"? No, couldn't be.
Hill basically couldn't tear herself away from her keyboard as she kept pounding the keys.
Pretty simple. The right is constantly inventing totally crazy scenarios of gotcha moments that won’t happen to create a sense of hysteria.
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) August 7, 2026
Here are the facts:
— A trans woman has never played in the WNBA. In 30 years.
— Trans women are barred from competing in women’s sports… https://t.co/9NsvWpjRLU
Here is what she wrote:
Pretty simple. The right is constantly inventing totally crazy scenarios of gotcha moments that won’t happen to create a sense of hysteria. Here are the facts:
— A trans woman has never played in the WNBA. In 30 years.
— Trans women are barred from competing in women’s sports in the NCAA and the Olympics.
— 29 states have banned trans girls participation in women’s sports K-12.
— The Supreme Court ruled states can exclude trans girls from participating in women’s sports.
Y’all won. Y’all got it. So why is the right still crying and whining about an argument that is backed by law and policy at virtually every level?
Wait, I have an answer. They want to erase trans existence period and no amount of exclusion, degradation, or denigration will ever be good enough for them.
So, recognizing biological reality is "erasing trans existence"? Not hysterical at all. Let's make something clear: People invented this "trans" identity and 67 other ones out of thin air.
What you are actually doing is trying to erase women from existence.
You can invent other identities out of thin air, that doesn't mean other people should be forced to recognize it. Implementing subjective "standards" and abandoning reality is a way to ruin civilization. You've got to wonder if that's the entire point.
She continued:
What’s the rule now? They can’t compete. All of LIA THOMAS’ records were vacated. So again what will it take for people like you to just leave trans people alone and stop f***ing crying.
Nobody is "crying." They just want girls to compete against other girls when they play sports, not boys pretending to be girls. It's not tough.
Hill has long been a crusader on this issue of "trans" athletes. Two years ago, she cheered on a "trans" athlete beating up a female athlete.
Two years ago Laura Coates and Jemele Hill said it was transphobic to speak out against the Algerian boxer (with male chromosomes) who was beating the crap out of biological women.
— MAZE (@mazemoore) August 7, 2026
Hill even ridiculed one of the women who quit a boxing match. "You just got your butt beat."… pic.twitter.com/KjZPEj4hSt
Two years ago Laura Coates and Jemele Hill said it was transphobic to speak out against the Algerian boxer (with male chromosomes) who was beating the crap out of biological women.
Hill even ridiculed one of the women who quit a boxing match. "You just got your butt beat."
Since they hate bigotry, Coates and Hill must surely support Enes Kanter's bid to play in the WNBA, right?
She also claimed that the "trans" agenda was equivalent to the Civil Rights movement.
Jemele Hill argues on @CNN that men playing women’s sports is the modern day version of MLK’s Civil Rights movement. Does this make Lia Thomas Jackie Robinson, @jemelehill? pic.twitter.com/3ngqEylZxO
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) May 7, 2025
That really provides some great insight into the activist left's mentality: Forever living in the radical 1960s and pretending like the latest "thing" is like the Civil Rights movement.
It's not — unless you mean protecting girls and women in sports and in other institutions that are being infiltrated by cosplaying males.
Just for some context, let's revisit the reason why Jemele Hill is no longer on television broadcasting sports.
At ESPN, she was disciplined multiple times for inflammatory remarks:
ESPN has suspended SportsCenter anchor Jemele Hill for two weeks for a second violation of the company's social media guidelines.
In a statement Monday, the company said Hill "... previously acknowledged letting her colleagues and company down with an impulsive tweet. In the aftermath, all employees were reminded of how individual tweets may reflect negatively on ESPN and that such actions would have consequences. Hence this decision."
Hill tweeted Sunday that fans who disagree with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who said players who disrespect the flag will not play for his team, should boycott the team's advertisers. Last month, Hill issued an apology after tweeting about President Donald Trump.
Tuesday, President Donald Trump tweeted about Hill, saying "it's no wonder ESPN ratings have 'tanked'" with her on the network.
Jemele Hill no longer works at ESPN. That's probably good for their sports network. Because if her opinions on X are any indication, they would be losing even more of its audience.
People are fed up with the "trans" agenda. That's why Enes Kanter Freedom's announcement is blowing up on social media. That's why Sophie Cunningham is gaining popularity in normie America.
This isn't about "hating" anyone. It's caring enough about girls to give them an even playing field when it comes to competitive sports.
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