{"id":2439145,"date":"2025-05-26T13:50:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T17:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/britney-griner-caught-calling-caitlin-clark-a-racial-slur-on-camera\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T13:52:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T17:52:59","slug":"britney-griner-caught-calling-caitlin-clark-a-racial-slur-on-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/britney-griner-caught-calling-caitlin-clark-a-racial-slur-on-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"Britney Griner Caught Calling Caitlin Clark a Racial Slur on Camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbritney-griner-caught-calling-caitlin-clark-a-racial-slur-on-camera%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2439145&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent WNBA game, Brittney Griner of the Atlanta Dream appeared to direct a racially charged expletive towards indiana Fever player Caitlin Clark after fouling out. The incident occurred during the game&#8217;s final moments, where Griner was seen mouthing the terms &#8220;trash&#8221; and &#8220;f***ing white girl&#8221; at Clark. This moment has sparked meaningful online attention, notably from conservative activist Riley Gaines, who criticized the situation and reminded viewers of the controversial prisoner swap in which Griner was exchanged for Viktor Bout, an arms dealer known as the &#8220;Merchant of Death.&#8221; Gaines highlighted the implications of Griner&#8217;s comments in light of the political actions surrounding her release, prompting further discussions about race and justice in America. Many <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-furious-ca-restaurant-owner-confronts-inspectors-issuing-citation-are-you-gonna-pay-my-rent\/\" title=\"WATCH: Furious CA Restaurant Owner Confronts Inspectors Issuing Citation: \u2018Are You Gonna Pay My Rent?\u2019\">social media users<\/a> expressed outrage<\/a> over the incident and the broader context of Griner&#8217;s return to the U.S. after being imprisoned in Russia on drug charges.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Atlanta Dream center Brittney Griner, for whom the Biden administration traded a Russian arms dealer known as the &ldquo;Merchant of Death&rdquo; in a prisoner exchange, appeared to hurl a racially driven expletive at Indiana Fever point guard Caitlin Clark on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>In the final minutes of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/espn-wnba-trying-stir-racism-controversy-caitlin-clark-humiliated-angel-reese\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WNBA<\/a> game between the Fever and the Dream, which ended with the Fever clinching an 81-76 victory, Griner appeared to mouth the words &ldquo;trash&rdquo; and &ldquo;f***ing white girl&rdquo; at Clark.<\/p>\n<p>The moment came as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-brittney-griner-instigates-fight-popular-wnba-rookie-multiple-ejections-assessed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Griner<\/a> was leaving the court after her sixth foul, per&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/sports\/watch-viral-clip-appears-to-show-brittney-griner-calling-caitlin-clark-trash-and-fcking-white-girl-courtside\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Former collegiate swimmer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-riley-gaines-loses-trans-activists-says-combine-olympics-paralympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Riley Gaines<\/a> reacted to the clip as the moment went viral online.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Brittney Griner appeared to call Caitlin Clark &lsquo;trash&rsquo; and a &lsquo;f***ing white girl&rsquo; after fouling out last night,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/charlie-kirk-issues-an-important-warning-after-appearing-on-gavin-newsoms-new-podcast\/\" title=\"Charlie Kirk Issues an Important Warning After Appearing on Gavin Newsom&#039;s New Podcast\">conservative activist wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=vizqo9x0\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just a reminder: this is who we traded for the Russian Merchant of Death. Now imagine if Clark had said the inverse.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Brittney Griner appeared to call Caitlin Clark &ldquo;trash&rdquo; and a &ldquo;f***ing white girl&rdquo; after fouling out last night.<\/p>\n<p>Just a reminder: this is who we traded for the Russian Merchant of Death.<\/p>\n<p>Now imagine if Clark had said the inverse. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iMzf6JaYfo\">pic.twitter.com\/iMzf6JaYfo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_\/status\/1926098846339178909?\">May 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As Gaines noted, the Biden administration freed Griner from a Russian prison, where she was sent while facing drug charges over a cannabis vape cartridge in her luggage, by returning Viktor Bout, an international arms dealer known as the &ldquo;Merchant of Death.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bout was nearly halfway through serving a 25-year sentence in an Illinois prison after the Drug Enforcement Administration caught him in Thailand, per the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/09\/09\/merchant-of-death-viktor-bout-told-britney-griner-good-luck-during-prisoner-swap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Washington and Moscow carried out the prisoner exchange in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n<p>Bout even had a chance to exchange a few words with Griner.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I said, you know, &lsquo;I wish you good luck,&rsquo; and, you know, and we both went to our, you know, planes,&rdquo; he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/espn\/story\/_\/id\/38344127\/russian-viktor-bout-speaks-griner-prisoner-swap-arms-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now-former President Joe Biden was criticized at the time for not including Paul Whelan, a former Marine accused of spying on the Russians and jailed since 2018, in the prisoner swap.<\/p>\n<p>Whelan was released in another prisoner exchange in the summer of 2024, months before the presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Other social media users were perturbed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/brittany-griner-sparks-fury-among-fans-accuses-racism-claims-yell-slurs-players\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Griner<\/a> had been exchanged for the arms dealer, especially in light of the recent race-driven incident.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Biden traded the Merchant of Death for an America-hating snob&hellip; while we have soldiers still captured by Putin. It&rsquo;s shameful, and I&rsquo;m thankful Biden&rsquo;s reign of terror is over!&rdquo; Kentucky State Rep. TJ Roberts <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realTJRoberts\/status\/1926099275756241158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;in response to Gaines.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s time to bring home EVERY American POW. 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As the game neared its end, with the Fever winning 81-76, Griner appeared to say &#8220;trash&#8221; and &#8220;f***ing white girl&#8221; towards Clark after receiving her sixth foul. This incident gained attention online, prompting former swimmer Riley Gaines to comment on it. She highlighted that Griner&#8217;s behavior is notable given the context of her release from a Russian prison for drug charges in exchange for Bout. Critics have expressed outrage over this trade and questioned the priorities regarding American prisoners held abroad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2439146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Griner-v-Clark.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[33032,32078,50410,36050,34619],"class_list":["post-2439145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-britney-griner","tag-caitlin-clark","tag-controversy-2","tag-racial-slur","tag-sports-news"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Griner-v-Clark.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2439145"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2439149,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2439145\/revisions\/2439149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2439146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2439145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2439145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2439145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}