Sen. Kelly Loeffler blasts players on her own WNBA team

WNBA players on the Atlanta Aspiration squad, which is co-owned by Sen. Kelly Loeffler, showed up to their Tuesday activity wearing t-shirts marketing the Ga lawmaker’s Democratic challenger.

The statement against Loeffler, who is unpopular amid numerous WNBA players for her opposition to the Black Life Issue motion and the league’s affiliation with it, was captured on camera and posted to social media.

Associates of the Dream’s Tuesday opponent, the Phoenix Mercury, even joined in — with players on both of those sides coming into the arena wearing shirts emblazoned with “Vote Warnock” and “Black Life Issue.”

Elizabeth Williams, a middle for the Aspiration, earlier Tuesday posted a image of herself to Twitter donning the “Vote Warnock” shirt, a nod to Loeffler’s opponent, Raphael Warnock.

Loeffler, who has been element of Aspiration possession due to the fact 2011, slammed the move and explained she was staying qualified by the terminate culture.

“This is just much more evidence that the out of command terminate culture would like to shut out any individual who disagrees with them,” the lawmaker wrote. “It’s apparent that the league is much more concerned with taking part in politics than basketball.”

Very last month, the WNBA Players’ Association union known as on league commissioner Cathy Engelbert to eliminate Loeffler as co-proprietor of the Atlanta Aspiration around the lawmaker’s stance on Black Life Issue.

The affiliation cited their opposition to Loeffler’s request to use American flags on warmup jerseys alternatively of the league’s program to have “Black Life Matter” on them.

In Tuesday’s statement, Loeffler explained she stood by her views.

The lawmaker explained she disagreed with the lead to around what she known as “its radical thoughts and Marxist foundations, which incorporate defunding the law enforcement and eroding the nuclear relatives.”