'Woke' WNBA star slammed for praising 'socialist' Zohran Mamdani and threatening violence against ICE and Donald Trump
Cloud, a guard for the New York Liberty, threw her support behind Mamdani before his victory in New York City 's Democratic primary last month.
When asked by a reporter about Mamdani's win over Andrew Cuomo and nine other candidates, and Trump's recent comments about arresting and deporting him, Cloud launched into a rant.
She called Trump 'Donny' and suggested there could be severe consequences if ICE agents were to descend on New York.
'Mamdani, my boy!' Cloud said initially.
She then continued: 'If Donny wants to come down here, if ICE wants to try and come down here, that's fine.
'But [they're] going to learn the hard way… New Yorkers really don't f*** around. They don't play about one another. The don't play about this city.
'I just think that it's reckless of our president, reckless of this administration but it's also exciting for us, the people, because that's when you know we're getting to them.
'That's when you know we're creating change that they don't want. That's when you know we're dismantling a system. For all of us in New York I'm just gonna ask that we continue to be on the right path to history, that we protect one another, that we protect Mamdani and what he wants to do.
'Because ultimately he wants to protect us down the line. He is a Muslim, he is a socialist, he is a Democrat so he's going to get the worst PR of all PRs. They're going to tell you to be scared of him, all this Islamophobia s***, that a socialist is a scary thing for our country moving forwards.
'Socialism is that everyone has equity, everyone has the same s***, everyone can live the same dignified life of one another and he's going to do it through taxing the rich instead of taxing the poor to give more to the rich.'
In a separate interview, Cloud added that Mamdani's victory 'restored my hope in humanity a little bit.'
But outspoken Outkick podcaster Dan Dakich fired back at Cloud and attacked her argument in a furious speech on his latest show. The title of the video called Cloud 'woke'.
He said on Tuesday: 'Socialism sucks. We weren't built on socialism. We were built on "work your a** off" and she's the luckiest human being to be in this country.
'It's not like this woman has some kind of degree. Why do these women try to act like dudes?
'She's going to say "f*** around and find out ICE". What are you going to do? Seriously, what are you going to do?
'"He's a socialist, he's a Muslim, he's great". Alright, we're going to find out. Really what this guy is is he's a fraud. He's a rich dude. I don't know if she knows that, a very rich dude.
'She's from Pennsylvania, she went to Maryland, not exactly the bastion of higher education. She gets a chance to speak out because she lives in the greatest country ever. Muslim women wouldn't have the chance to speak out but she's too stupid to know that.
'Let's just make everything equal for everybody. Let's change the entire course of the country. Let's threaten ICE agents. F*** around, come down here and find out because some basketball player is speaking.
'I can't imagine having to sit there and go "I've got to listen to some f***ing idiot named Natasha Cloud lecture me on socialism and Muslims.
'It's the WNBA against Donald Trump all over again. It's the WNBA vs common sense all over again. It would be fascinating to watch ICE march in there and then she would cry. Just shut up. That Mamdani guy is richer than hell. His parents made more money than God.'
Trump has threatened to arrest Mamdani, to deport him and even to take over the country's largest city if he wins the general election in November.
'As president of the United States, I'm not going to let this Communist Lunatic destroy New York. Rest assured, I hold all the levers, and have all the cards,' Trump wrote in an ominous message on his Truth Social site Wednesday morning.
'I´ll save New York City, and make it "Hot" and "Great" again, just like I did with the Good Ol´ USA!'
Cloud's comments also come after an uptick in attacks on border agents as they try to carry out Trump's immigration wishes, which has sparked controversy across America.
Ten people have been arrested on attempted murder charges in connection with a shooting outside of a Texas immigration detention center that wounded a police officer, where people in black military-style clothing fired at authorities in a 'planned ambush,' a U.S. attorney said.
The officer was shot in the neck on Friday, the night of the Fourth of July, after reporting to the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado. He was treated at a hospital and released, the Johnson County Sheriff's office said.
The shooting took place as Trump´s administration ramps up deportations, which will be turbocharged by a massive spending bill that became law last week.
The shooting happened three days before a man with an assault rifle fired dozens of rounds at federal agents and a Border Patrol facility more than 400 miles south in McAllen on Monday, injuring a police officer, before authorities shot and killed him.
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