Atlanta Dream Graciously Asks Georgians to Vote Against Cartoon Villain (and Team Co-Owner) Kelly Loeffler
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On Tuesday night the Atlanta Dream and Phoenix Mercury faced off in a totally normal drama-free basketball game in which the Dream lost and nothing else happened. Just kidding, the WNBA doesn’t take a step without first trying to make it something bigger. Upon entering the court at IMG Academy in Florida, both teams sported shirts that said “Vote Warnock,” referencing Raphael Warnock, a Democrat who is running against partial-team owner and full-time Twitter troll Kelly Loeffler for her senate seat, ESPN reports.
Kelly Loeffler isn’t just a senator with questionable ethics, but also part-owner of the Atlanta Dream and who has been openly and vehemently against the WNBA’s support of Black Lives Matter this season. Before the start of the season, Loeffler wrote a strongly worded letter to WNBA Commissioner, Cathy Engelbert, asking that players not be allowed to wear shirts that said Black Lives Matter or kneel during the national anthem. The letter was only mildly successful in that some players did not kneel, instead choosing to walk off the court before the start of the anthem.