{"id":4167,"date":"2023-07-03T12:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T17:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4167"},"modified":"2023-07-03T12:03:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T17:03:02","slug":"wnba-player-whose-2020-salary-was-paid-by-converse-so-she-could-be-a-social-justice-activist-tweets-america-is-trash-in-so-many-ways-days-before-independence-day-america-re","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4167","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Player Whose 2020 Salary Was Paid By Converse So She Could Be A Social Justice Activist, Tweets: America \u201cis trash in so many ways\u201d Days Before Independence Day\u2014America Responds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In 2020, Converse chose to cover the contract of Washington Mystics WNBA player Natasha Cloud when she opted out of playing in favor of pushing for radical social justice, forfeited her salary when she decided to opt out of playing this season.<\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/100percentfedup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Natasha-Cloud-740x493.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-177594\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/100percentfedup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Natasha-Cloud-740x493.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-177594\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/100percentfedup.com\/america-responds-to-wnba-player-whose-2020-salary-was-paid-by-converse-so-she-could-be-a-social-justice-activist-tweets-america-is-trash-in-so-many-ways-only-days-before-independence-day\/\">100 Percent Fed Up<\/a>&nbsp;reports \u2013 Cloud had already received a portion of her normal salary of $112,000 when she decided to pursue social justice activism, which she referred to as a \u201csocial pandemic.\u201d In a show of support for her activism, Converse agreed to cover her contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">\u201cWe are proud to have her on the Converse team, are humbled to match her forfeited players salary and look forward to working together with Natasha on these issues as well as supporting her vision in this space.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Converse confirmed to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportswashington.com\/washington-mystics\/converse-will-pay-natasha-cloud-her-forfeited-wnba-salary-by-opting-out-of-2020-season\/310729\/\">NBC Sports Washington<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">June 8 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/T_Cloud4?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@T_Cloud4<\/a> becomes the first women\u2019s basketball player to sign a shoe deal with Converse.<br><br>June 22 &#8211; Cloud opts out of the 2020 WNBA season to focus on social justice matters.<br><br>June 26 &#8211; Cloud announces that Converse is covering her contract for the season. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MGf2ycJQK5\">pic.twitter.com\/MGf2ycJQK5<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Front Office Sports (@FOS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOS\/status\/1277741888708247560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, only days before America celebrates Independence Day, &nbsp;the radical social justice warrior whose salary Converse covered so she could continue with her radical social justice agenda is calling the United States of America&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/07\/wnba-player-says-america-is-trash-so-many\/\">\u201ctrash.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cloud tweeted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><em>Our country is trash in so many ways and instead of using our resources to make it better we continue to oppress Marginalized groups that we have targeted since the beginning of times.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><em>Black\/brown communities&amp; LGBTQ+ man we are too powerful to still be attacking issues separate<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our country is trash in so many ways and instead of using our resources to make it better we continue to oppress Marginalized groups that we have targeted since the beginning of times. <br><br>Black\/brown communities&amp; LGBTQ+ man we are too powerful to still be attacking issues separate<\/p>&mdash; Natasha Cloud (@T_Cloud4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/T_Cloud4\/status\/1674800526456922115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Twitter users responded to her tweet with several suggestions about where Cloud might like to live instead of a country she calls \u201ctrash.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><em>Have you considered playing in Russia?&nbsp;<\/em>Carmine Sabia wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Patriot Hammer shared a great tweet in response to her anti-America tweet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><em>America&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><em>A Country So Damn Great, The Haters Never Leave&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You can leave whenever you wish. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sZzhVook9b\">pic.twitter.com\/sZzhVook9b<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Patriot Hammer (@patriot_hammer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patriot_hammer\/status\/1675159585890668544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>On her Instagram, Cloud shared a story from CNN regarding the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-rips-supreme-court-decision-race-based-college-admissions-normal-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>affirmative action<\/u><\/a>, with Cloud writing, \u201cKeep on moving backwards\u2026.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Cloud also shared a story from Rolling Stone on the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling on 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, calling the country a \u201cf\u2014\u2014 joke\u201d in her post.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cIf I asked y\u2019all would you wanna be black in America or apart of the LGBTQ+ community during this time in history. Y\u2019all mf lying if you say yes. Y\u2019all see the disparities. And if you don\u2019t you\u2019re uninformed, ignorant, and or just racist,\u201d she wrote.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cIt is plain and simple.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cY\u2019all tired of me saying your racist. IM TIRED OF YALL BEING RACIST.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cYou don\u2019t know me or my heart. But you still hate me immediately for the color of my skin, being gay, and being a woman.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cThis is how some of y\u2019all were raised and trained to think. ITS WRONG.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cloud then<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/wnba-champ-natasha-cloud-expands-america-criticism-calling-country-trash\">\u00a0had a message<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0<em>\u201cmy religion weaponizers.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0She added,\u00a0<em>\u201cy\u2019all the people that killed Jesus.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cReligion in this country is political, it\u2019s weaponized, it\u2019s hypocritical, it\u2019s disappointing. It\u2019s not love. Because God is love. In the purest form.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cloud is in good company with fellow WNBA player Brittney Griner who was arrested in Russia and thrown in jail for possession of cannabis oil. In August, she was convicted and sent to prison with a nine-year sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/100percentfedup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/griner-740x446.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-175290\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/100percentfedup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/griner-740x446.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-175290\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In December 2022, American WNBA player Brittney Griner was released from the Russian prison she was held in since February 2021 after the Biden administration negotiated a prisoner swap. Griner was exchanged for a notorious Russian arms dealer named Viktor Bout, known as the \u2018Merchant of Death,\u2019 who has been held in an American prison for 12 years.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/100percentfedup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/griner-.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-153474\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/100percentfedup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/griner-.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153474\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The WNBA player, who chose to stay in the locker room while the National Anthem was being played, suddenly discovered America wasn\u2019t such an awful place after spending months in a Russian prison. It\u2019s interesting how a little time in a country that doesn\u2019t value freedom or cherish human rights can change the mind of a spoiled American-hating athlete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/07\/wnba-player-whose-2020-salary-was-paid-converse\/\">https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/07\/wnba-player-whose-2020-salary-was-paid-converse\/<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ruamupr.com\/wc\/3600\/13529\/15002\/15002,16079,16104.html\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ruamupr.com\/wc\/3600\/13529\/15002\/15002,16079,16104.html\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2020, Converse chose to cover the contract of Washington Mystics WNBA player Natasha Cloud when she opted out of playing in favor of pushing for radical social justice, forfeited her salary when she decided to opt out of playing this season. 100 Percent Fed Up&nbsp;reports \u2013 Cloud had already received a portion of her normal salary of $112,000 when she decided to pursue social justice activism, which she referred to as a \u201csocial pandemic.\u201d In a show of support [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-democrats"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4168,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4167\/revisions\/4168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}