Ex-ESPN Host Has a Total Meltdown Over Former NBA Player Declaring for the WNBA

Joe will have more on this later this morning, but ex-ESPN host Jemele Hill isn’t happy with Enes Kanter Freedom’s decision to declare for the WNBA yesterday. Progressives, you reap what you sow — this is what happens when you can’t give a clear answer on men in women’s sports. It’s what happens when you tolerate it. Ignore the science and open Pandora’s box, that’s all I’ll say.

She had a meltdown:

Former ESPN liberal show host Jemele Hill is having a meltdown on X after former 6'10'' NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom announced her intention to play in the WNBA.

Hill is now apparently against trans people playing in the WNBA after Kanter said she wanted to play.

"If you have… pic.twitter.com/JGmRAcs0Mm

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 7, 2026

Pretty simple. The right is constantly inventing totally crazy scenarios of gotcha moments that won’t happen to create a sense of hysteria.

Here are the facts:
— A trans woman has never played in the WNBA. In 30 years.

— Trans women are barred from competing in women’s sports… https://t.co/9NsvWpjRLU

— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) August 7, 2026

Hill cited the wins we’ve clinched in this fight, which were significant, but misses the point. 

“Y’all won. Y’all got it. So why is the right still crying and whining about an argument that is backed by law and policy at virtually every level?” she wrote on Twitter.

First, yes, there are no transgender players in the WNBA yet. There’s talk of some French player coming over. It’s insane. Second, that’s not the point — it’s about men taking over women’s sports, and how is it that we, conservatives, became the feminists in that regard? Third, and this is just me, since we’re all about the Iliad and the Odyssey now, when Achilles killed Hector, he dragged his dead body around Troy. That’s what we’re doing now. When we win, we will drag the corpse of your stupid policy idea behind a chariot, and we’ll have to keep doing it because you morons keep either talking about, refuse to say what’s true, or keep pushing said stupid initiative. 

Stop talking about a world that will never come to pass, progressives. 

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