Ted Cruz slammed the NBA for not speaking out against the reported atrocities against Uyghur Muslims. He used the WTA as a prop for the same.
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The purported ethnic cleansing of Uyghurs by the Chinese Communist Party is one of the hottest geopolitical issues of the day. Republican Party members have been using it as a prop to target several popular athletes.
The likes of LeBron James and Michael Jordan, among others, are the prime target of these politicians and commentators. While James allowed them a window of criticism by commenting on Daryl Morey’s Free Hong Kong tweet, Jordan is merely being brought up as an afterthought.
It is clear that the intentions of these right-wingers are to sow discontent and chip away at the credibility of Democrats and their supporters. But there’s a strong pushback to this from the supporters of the Blue party.
Overall, it’s a political kerfuffle that keeps getting brought to the center stage every once in a while. And Ted Cruz is one of the chief proponents of the whole ‘LeBron Bad’ narrative with reference to China.
“The WTA has more balls than the NBA”: Ted Cruz
The Texas Senator made an appearance on the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show recently. Ted Cruz was largely disparaging of athletes from the major leagues for their purported ‘double standards’ of speaking only about BLM but not Chinese atrocities:
“And I’ll tell you something right now: The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has bigger balls than the NBA,”
“And I’ll tell you something right now: The Women’s Tennis Association has bigger balls than the #NBA.” – @TedCruz #WTA #China pic.twitter.com/Okf1QPUxGv
— Clay & Buck (@clayandbuck) December 2, 2021
One would sooner hear Ted Cruz sing the Chinese national anthem than praise an NBA player doing something good for his community. It is a matter of concern for a country attempting to recover from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.