Caitlin Clark White’s right-wing comments spark a heated feud between Riley Gaines and Jemele Hill
Caitlin Clark’s recent comments about White privilege in the WNBA have fueled a fierce online debate since being published in Time magazine on Tuesday. Former NCAA swimmer and OutKick host Riley Gaines got in on the action in her latest online interview with a left winger.
This time, Gaines took on reporter Jemele Hill, who has been a staunch critic of Clark and those who have given the WNBA phenom credit for lifting the league.
Hill threw the first punch against Gaines, re-sharing a post on X, where the former swimmer criticized Clark for the comments.
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“You shout all the time about supporting and ‘protecting’ women, but when Caitlin Clark expresses appreciation and respect for Black women in the WNBA (many of whom she grew up watching and idolizing), suddenly you’re acting like a disappointed parent,” Hill wrote.
Gaines quickly responded, responding to Hill’s post by mocking the idea of ”white privilege” in the WNBA.
“‘White privilege’ in the WNBA is ridiculous. Maybe you’re like Sunny Hostin and think CC has a long right, a good right, and a straight right,” Gaines wrote. “There are many Black players in the WNBA that I admire [and] respect them again, but I don’t know them because they are Black. I love them for their game. That’s the difference.”
Gaines then doubled down by resharing Hill’s original post with a screenshot of comments the reporter made in an interview with the Los Angeles Times in May. In that article, Hill insisted that it was “silly” to say that Clark’s race as a White person and gender as a straight woman did not play into her popularity in the WNBA, where the majority of players are black and many are lesbian.
In that article, Hill reiterated that Clark’s popularity for those qualities is “problematic.”
“Being a long-time race fan must be VERY stressful,” Gaines scoffed at Hill in response.
In June, Hill said the fact that Clark did not make the US Paris Olympic women’s basketball team was “a good thing for her” and that her exclusion was “not disrespectful.” Hill also criticized the media for pointing out that the WNBA’s playoff ratings dropped after Clark’s Indiana Fever were eliminated in the first round, calling the headlines “irrelevant.”
When Clark made his latest comment about white privilege in Time magazine, Hill wrote in X, appearing to mock the player’s dissenting fans.
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“If you’re offended by something so obvious, then you’ve never been a true fan of hers in the WNBA, you loved her as long as she was your black woman hating avatar,” Hill wrote on Wednesday. .
Then after picking a title fight with Gaines, Hill made it his own.
After Gaines’ comment about Hill being a professional athlete, Hill responded with a message mocking the former swimmer for an incident involving trans athlete Lia Thomas at the 2022 NCAA women’s swimming championships.
“Girl, you need to thank Lia Thomas every day of your life for helping you become famous, otherwise you would be a respectable college swimmer who no one knows. You wrote a book on grifting – not me,” Hill wrote.
Gaines’ meeting with Thomas in 2022 helped spark a national conversation about bisexual men competing as trans athletes against women and girls. Gaines quickly became nationally known for the incident and has dedicated her platform to advocating for the protection of female athletes in competition and in the locker room.
Gaines is also leading a lawsuit against the NCAA and other female athletes, accusing the governing body of violating their Title IX rights because of its gender identity policies. The lawsuit, filed in US District Court in Atlanta, describes the shock Gaines and other swimmers felt when they learned they would have to share a locker room with Thomas at the 2022 competition in Atlanta.
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In addition, Gaines did not approve of Hill’s comments about his previous slide on Thursday.
“What a profound setback [and] I really hate that Jemele Hill told me to thank a man for the platform I have. What did I thank him for? Are you breaking into the hallway? Stealing the national title from the right woman? Indirectly taking away our 1A rights? He just says he hates women,” Gaines wrote back.
That was the last message sent at press time.
It wouldn’t be the first time Gaines had the final say in X’s debate with a left-leaning opponent.
In a September interview with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, Gaines disputed the notion that Vice President Kamala Harris has done a “good job” in handling the border crisis.
Gaines ended up having the last word in that debate, as Cuba did not respond to Gaines’ thread when he pointed out that Harris’ proposed border bill included financial support for Ukraine and Israel and that more than 320,000 migrant children were lost while crossing the border at the time. Harris’ border management.
Gaines also joined the viral roast session of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezDN.Y. on Nov. 14, after it was discovered that the congressman removed pronouns from his X bio. Gaines made several posts criticizing Ocasio-Cortez a week after the congresswoman criticized Green Party presidential candidate Butch Ware for opposing trans athletes in women’s sports.
Gaines took a personal look at Harris after the presidential candidate posted a shocking video on social media to his fans.
“Now you understand why he didn’t move on with Joe Rogan lol,” Gaines wrote.
Each of Gaines’ arguments about liberal statistics was met with roaring connections from his supporters.
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