WNBA star who hurt Caitlin Clark's eye calls for league to 'take action' against Trump administration policies

Connecticut Sun subordinate DiJonai Carrington incited fierce backlash by wearing an anti-Trump shirt past weekend, and present she's taking that connection adjacent further. 

During a property league earlier an "Unrivaled" league crippled Thursday, Carrington declared it's clip for WNBA players to "take action" successful effect to President Donald Trump's policies.

"We spot that immoderate of the policies are already going into action, and, of course, that means that arsenic the WNBA and being astatine the forefront of a batch of these movements, it's clip for america to besides instrumentality action," Carrington said. 

"It decidedly needs to hap arsenic women, women's rights being taken away, like, now, LGBTQ rights being taken distant now. They haven't happened yet, but decidedly successful the works."

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Carrington wore a garment that said, "The F--- Donald Trump Tour" Friday portion walking into Wayfair Arena successful Miami, Florida.

The subordinate is astir known for her interactions with women's hoops phenom Caitlin Clark during Clark's rookie WNBA play successful 2024. 

Carrington gave Clark a achromatic oculus aft poking her during a crippled betwixt Clark's Indiana Fever and Carrington's Connecticut Sun successful the archetypal circular of the playoffs successful September. Carrington laughed with Fever teammate Marina Mabrey aft the incident.

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Carrington has said she didn't intentionally poke Clark successful the oculus and that she wasn't laughing astir the incident. However, she made airy of the contention implicit Clark's achromatic oculus successful an Instagram Live video successful October. 

In the video, Carrington and her girlfriend, NaLyssa Smith, who plays connected the Indiana Fever with Clark, were successful their room erstwhile Smith poked Carrington successful the eye.

"Ow, you poked maine successful the eye," Carrington said. Smith apologized, and the 2 laughed.

"Did you bash it connected purpose?" Carrington asked.

Carrington provoked Clark fans anterior to the eye-poking incidental with aggregate statements berating Clark and her instrumentality base. 

During a crippled successful June, Carrington fouled Clark aft Clark received an inbound walk from teammate Kristy Wallace. Clark caught the walk and started toward the basket. Carrington was precocious getting to Clark owed to a surface by Aliyah Boston, and she bumped into Clark.

Later that month, Carrington posted connected X, saying Clark should bash much to talk retired astir radical utilizing her sanction for "racism" and different forms of prejudice. She besides called the Fever fans the "nastiest" successful the league.

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