Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Georgia senator Kelly Loeffler, a co-owner of the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream, has written to the league’s commissioner, Cathy Engelbert, objecting to a tie-in with Black Lives Matter.

Loeffler, a staunch ally of Donald Trump, reacted after the WNBA announced players will wear jerseys with the names of women killed by police and in racial violence on their jerseys when the league resumes later this month. They will also wear shirts with the slogan Black Lives Matter during warm-ups.

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from US news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2VY8kEf

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