As players for the six WNBA teams playing in Tuesday night’s slate of games arrived at the IMG Academy courts, many were wearing black T-shirts that read “VOTE WARNOCK” in white letters.
It was a graphic, unmistakeable and smart message.
Rev. Raphael Warnock is a Democrat running against Sen. Kelly Loeffler, a Republican who was gifted the seat by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp last year, after Johnny Isakson retired for health reasons with two years left in his six-year term.
Loeffler, in case you haven’t been following along, is also a co-owner of the Atlanta Dream, and in recent weeks has been playing the entirely intellectually dishonest game of accusing WNBA players of “being political” while simultaneously using those same players as pawns to appeal to her far-right wing base in her political race.