Dave Portnoy has spent weeks threatening to unseat New York City’s progressive mayor, Zohran Mamdani. But, on Monday, he took aim at someone on the other side of the political divide.
On Monday, the Barstool Sports founder came to Caitlin Clark’s defense after conservative host Megyn Kelly labeled her a “coward.”
Portnoy began by calling Kelly an “absolute moron/idiot.”
“[First] of all you don’t even know how she feels on this issue and more importantly she doesn’t owe it to you or anybody else to be your political talking point. She just wants to play ball,” Portnoy wrote on X. “Total coward cheap shot to call her a coward for not being your puppet.”
In the wake of Clark’s Indiana Fever teammate Sophie Cunningham voicing her opposition to transgender women participating in women’s sports, Clark was asked for her opinion on the matter.
“It’s not really a discussion we have in the locker room. I think it’s for the leagues and governing bodies to work with their athletes to find solutions,” Clark said in a clip shared on X. “Our focus is on basketball, and that’s what we talk about and how we can get wins.”
This drew criticism from conservatives on social media, including Kelly, who called Clark a ‘coward’ for staying silent.
Kelly didn’t leave Portnoy’s remarks without responding. She fired back in a quote-post, writing:
“Why don’t you sit this one out since you didn’t even have any idea today ‘how big a problem’ this is. (Hint: UCLA Law estimates over 120k trans athletes at the HS level.) Understand this however: If it were your daughter suffering brain damage from a boy posing as a girl, you wouldn’t care how many others there were. One is too many. But watch my show today [because] I actually answered your [question] civilly and respectfully.”
