CNN’s Abby Phillip claims GOP lawmakers back Caitlin Clark ‘exclusively’ because she is White

Dan Dakich asks Rep Marlin Stutzman what the outcome will be if the WNBA continues to deny accountability for the mistreatment of Caitlin Clark.

Numerous lawmakers wrote a letter to the WNBA over the treatment of Caitlin Clark, but two talking heads on CNN this week believe it's racially motivated.

Members of Congress wrote a letter to WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert demanding accountability and answers regarding Clark's treatment on the court, which has included numerous hard fouls.

In an appearance on CNN's "Table for Five," former ESPN broadcaster Cari Champion said the letter is "really, really disrespectful," claiming Clark's treatment on the court is nothing new in the WNBA.

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Abby Phillip said Caitlin Clark gets backing from GOP lawmakers "exclusively" because she is white. (Slaven Vlasic, Juan Ocampo/Getty Images)

"This is from people who one haven’t watched sports, obviously, have never watched women’s basketball. They’re probably more so a fan of Caitlin Clark than the actual sport itself, or a fan of the Indiana Fever. What has been happening to Caitlin has been happening since the inception of the WNBA. These women play tough. They play hard. It’s sports," Champion said.

Champion also said it was "disrespectful" of the lawmakers to say the treatment was potentially racially motivated, because it "leaves out a long history of women who supported this league and started this league who were Black."

"70% of the people in the league are LGBTQIA and Black, and so they literally are sitting here thinking, well, why now, because we’ve been playing the game that we’ve been playing, are people demanding that we be investigated for doing what we’re supposed to do?