索菲·坎宁安在周一晚上于俄亥俄州扬斯敦的集会上获得了特朗普总统的点名。
Sophie Cunningham got a shoutout from President Donald Trump during a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, on Monday night.
特朗普表示，印第安纳狂热队的明星球员“很漂亮”，并且“很多男人[想]去观看她的比赛”。“然而，作为政治家，你现在不能再说这样的话了。请，请让我收回这句话。只要政治家说一个女人漂亮，这通常意味着他在现代政治世界中的政治生涯就结束了，”特朗普补充道。
Trump said the Indiana Fever star is "beautiful" and "a lot of men [want] to go and watch her." "You’re not allowed to say that anymore, however, as a politician. Please, please, let me take it back. Anytime a politician says a woman is beautiful, that’s generally the end of his political career in the modern-day politic world," Trump added.
特朗普随后表示，坎宁安加入球队将“有助于...提升上座率”。“索菲是一位美丽的年轻女性。你可能不会介意她加入球队，不是为了帮你得分，而是为了帮你提升上座率。上座率会非常好，”特朗普说。
CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE The president then said Cunningham's addition to a team would "help...with attendance." "Sophie is a beautiful young woman. You probably wouldn’t mind her on the team, not to help you with points, but to help you with attendance. The attendance would be great," Trump said.
自加入狂热队以来，坎宁安一直是球迷的宠儿，因为她经常在三年级新秀凯特琳·克拉克遭遇恶意犯规时为其辩护。但她的人气在一段她曾表示生物学上的男性不应参加女子和女子体育比赛的言论被挖出后飙升。
Cunningham has been a fan favorite since joining the Fever, as she has often come to the defense of Caitlin Clark amid hard fouls on the third-year phenom. But her popularity skyrocketed after a quote was unearthed in which she said biological males should not play in girls' and women's sports.
“我想保护更衣室里的年轻女孩，或者那些不应该与生物学上的男性对抗的年轻女运动员，”坎宁安今年早些时候说道。
"I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn't have to go against biological men," Cunningham said earlier this year.
“保护儿童真的很重要，而这些儿童正是参与此类别的小女孩。”坎宁安的球衣被列为畅销榜首，截至发稿时，是球迷在Fanatics上看到的最畅销的WNBA球衣。
"It's really important to protect children, and that's little girls who are also involved in that category." Cunningham's jersey is listed as a top seller and, as of publication , is the top jersey WNBA fans see on Fanatics.
