{"id":4982,"date":"2026-08-05T20:13:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4982"},"modified":"2026-08-05T20:13:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:13:21","slug":"maga-barbie-blames-everyone-else-for-making-her-a-distraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4982","title":{"rendered":"\u2018MAGA Barbie\u2019 Blames Everyone Else for Making Her a \u2018Distraction\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Professional women\u2019s basketball player Sophie Cunningham called the attention around her comments about barring transgender athletes from women\u2019s sports a \u201cdistraction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4980\">Top MAGA Ally Melts Down Over Burritos After Vance Fat-Shamed Him<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Indiana Fever guard told WISH-TV she \u201cwants to get back to basketball\u201d and wants to make sure \u201cthe focus stays where it should be\u201d.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I\u2019m like, \u2018I never once said that,\u2019\u201d she told ESPN in March. \u201cI think that I am here to extend love. But I also think with that love is truth, being honest. And I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn\u2019t have to go against biological men.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In July, Cunningham told the cable sports broadcasting network she doesn\u2019t \u201cdislike anyone,\u201d but continued, \u201cI\u2019m also there to love biological women, and I think that there are rights that need to be protected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProtecting women\u201d is often a euphemism used in the MAGA world for restricting transgender women from female sports. <\/p>\n<p>Cunningham earned the moniker \u2018MAGA Barbie\u2019 after fans caught her following and liking posts from prominent Republicans. Complex was the first to report that Cunningham had gained the nickname during her college days in Missouri due to the people she followed and engaged with on social media.<\/p>\n<p>She told The New York Times she was \u201cright in the middle\u201d politically, but fans speculated that her views were more MAGA than she lets on. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4978\">Vance Fat-Shames MAGA Ally in Bonkers Meltdown<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old has rejected the nickname, saying it\u2019s based on assumptions about her background rather than her actual politics.<\/p>\n<p>The basketball player also blames the media for making her a distraction from the sport. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe WNBA media, all we ever do is cover everything except basketball,\u201d she said. \u201dAnd it\u2019s like what are we doing? There\u2019s so much. You can talk about other things, I think those are great stories, I think it shows fans you know who people are outside the court, but I think we got to keep the main thing the main thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some WNBA members have expressed their displeasure with Cunningham\u2019s stance.<\/p>\n<p>When the Seattle Storm played the Fever on July 28, Storm center Stefanie Dolson wore a \u201ctrans rights are human rights\u201d T-shirt, seemingly in response to Cunningham\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>During the Sunday game against the Minnesota Lynx, Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve wore a shirt under her jacket that said, \u201cTrans kids belong\u201d. Cunningham was booed by the crowd throughout the game.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4976\">Trump Hit With Fresh Health Scrutiny on West Coast Trip<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professional women\u2019s basketball player Sophie Cunningham called the attention around her comments about barring transgender athletes from women\u2019s sports a \u201cdistraction.\u201d Read more Top MAGA Ally Melts Down Over Burritos After Vance Fat-Shamed Him The Indiana Fever guard told WISH-TV she \u201cwants to get back to basketball\u201d and wants to make sure \u201cthe focus stays [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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