Joe Biden is beyond parody at this point, with the Afghanistan meltdown, border crisis, COVID cases spiking, inflation and so on. But apparently the WNBA still exists, despite the fact that no one pays attention to them. They even have champions for that “league” and the champs from Seattle, who met with Biden at the White House. As is the case with male sports, the WNBA team presents the president with a replica jersey.
And despite, everything going on in Afghanistan and throughout this country, Biden decided to “take a knee” for the WNBA champs to show how “racist” America is.
Biden Takes a Knee During Photo-Op With WNBA Champions https://t.co/ynsUWsVzUV PajamasMedia pic.twitter.com/GpU505apEX
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President Joe Biden praises @seattlestorm players’ activism as he celebrates their 2020 championship at White House. Takes a knee for team photo pic.twitter.com/4geJYuUzfT
— Aamer Madhani (@AamerISmad) August 23, 2021
On Monday, President Biden got down on one knee for a photo when he welcomed the WNBA champion Seattle Storm to the White House.
Biden’s kneel, which some interpreted as a symbolic gesture in support of Black Lives Matter, prompted a response from Latasha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter; Yahoo News reported she “said the president’s possible gesture was admirable, but ‘we cannot just have symbolic progress.’” She said of Biden, “Where is that kind of passion and energy and commitment to voting rights? Because I’m not seeing him actually be able to say that he’s willing to do that.”
Cliff Albright, co-founder and executive director of Black Voters Matter, added that the organization wanted Biden to recognize “that the filibuster has metaphorically had a knee on us for a long time.”
Biden taking a knee came just before the House takes up the John Lewis Voting Rights Act on Tuesday.