Connecticut Solar participant DiJonai Carrington incited fierce backlash by carrying an anti-Trump shirt final weekend, and now she’s taking that message even additional.
Throughout a press convention earlier than an “Unequalled” league sport Thursday, Carrington declared it is time for WNBA gamers to “take motion” in response to President Donald Trump’s insurance policies.
“We see that among the insurance policies are already going into motion, and, after all, that signifies that because the WNBA and being on the forefront of a whole lot of these actions, it is time for us to additionally take motion,” Carrington mentioned.
“It undoubtedly must occur as girls, girls’s rights being taken away, like, now, LGBTQ rights being taken away now. They have not occurred but, however undoubtedly within the works.”
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DiJonai Carrington (21) of the Connecticut Solar dribbles throughout Recreation 2 of the primary spherical of the WNBA playoffs in opposition to the Indiana Fever Sept. 25, 2024, on the Mohegan Solar Area in Uncasville, Conn. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE by way of Getty Photos)
Carrington wore a shirt that mentioned, “The F— Donald Trump Tour” Friday whereas strolling into Wayfair Area in Miami, Florida.
The participant is most recognized for her interactions with girls’s basketball phenom Caitlin Clark throughout Clark’s rookie WNBA season in 2024.
Carrington gave Clark a black eye after poking her throughout a sport between Clark’s Indiana Fever and Carrington’s Connecticut Solar within the first spherical of the playoffs in September. Carrington laughed with Fever teammate Marina Mabrey after the incident.
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Connecticut Solar guard DiJonai Carrington (21) fouls Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) within the second half in Indianapolis Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photograph/Michael Conroy)
Carrington has mentioned she did not deliberately poke Clark within the eye and that she wasn’t laughing in regards to the incident. Nevertheless, she made gentle of the controversy over Clark’s black eye in an Instagram Dwell video in October.
Within the video, Carrington and her girlfriend, NaLyssa Smith, who performs on the Indiana Fever with Clark, had been of their kitchen when Smith poked Carrington within the eye.
“Ow, you poked me within the eye,” Carrington mentioned. Smith apologized, and the 2 laughed.
“Did you do it on goal?” Carrington requested.
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Connecticut Solar guards Marina Mabrey (4) and DiJonai Carrington (21) rejoice in the course of the second half of a first-round WNBA basketball playoff sport in opposition to the Indiana Fever Sept. 25, 2024, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photograph/Jessica Hill)
Carrington provoked Clark followers previous to the eye-poking incident with a number of statements berating Clark and her fan base.
Throughout a sport in June, Carrington fouled Clark after Clark acquired an inbound go from teammate Kristy Wallace. Clark caught the go and began towards the basket. Carrington was late attending to Clark as a consequence of a display by Aliyah Boston, and she or he ran into Clark.
Later that month, Carrington posted on X, saying Clark ought to do extra to talk out about folks utilizing her title for “racism” and different types of prejudice. She additionally known as the Fever followers the “nastiest” within the league.
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