Riley Gaines jokes Donald Trump can stop WNBA's sex toy scandal after his latest immigration numbers

Daily Mail​

08-08-2025

After another night of of sex toys being thrown onto WNBA courts, Riley Gaines has suggested that Donald Trump might be the man to fix the problem.
The WNBA appears to be at a complete loss over how to stop the problem. On Thursday night, two more incidents occurred - one dildo landed by the Atlanta Dream bench during the game against Chicago Sky while another was thrown onto the court. Cryptocurrency traders have claimed responsibility.
Gaines, who is best known in the sporting world for her campaigning against trans athletes in women's sports, has now suggested that if President Trump can stop illegal immigrants crossing the border, he can sort the WNBA out too.
The OutKick podcast host said: 'Major, major numbers from the Trump administration reporting that the past three months, there have been zero immigrant to cross the border illegally, which is fantastic news.
'So, in looking at these headlines, looking at the WNBA, there have been more green dildos thrown on the court at WNBA games than there have been illegal crossings at the border in the past three months.'
Gaines reposted the clip of her comments on X and added: 'Insane but 100% fantastic statistics.'
Insane but 100% factual statistic lol https://t.co/AJfvrRK7Ks
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) August 7, 2025
Ironically, her comments come as Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr, posted a meme on Instagram that jokingly showed the President himself was throwing the objects onto the court.
'Posted without further comment,' Trump Jr wrote with three crying-with-laughter emojis.
But in women's basketball, players and coaches are starting to get deeply frustrated by the ongoing situation.
Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham got hit on the ankle earlier in the week by a sex toy thrown from the stands after pleading for it to stop, while Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve went further in angry comments to the media on Thursday.
'This has been going on for centuries. The sexualization of women, this is the latest version of that. It's not funny,' Reeve said.
'It should not be a butt of jokes on any radio show, or in print, or in any comments. The sexualization of women is what's used to hold women down and this is no different.
'This is just the latest story, and we should write about it in that way. These people that are doing this should be held accountable. We're not the butt of the joke. They're the problem, and we need to take action.'
Reeve's Lynx team are back in action in Minnesota on Friday night against the Washington Mystics, while Dallas Wings host New York Liberty in the league's other game.
Riley Gaines has been a strong Trump supporter, especially backing his trans athlete stance
There have been two arrests over the incidents so far, but it still doesn't seem to be deterring people.
18-year-old Kaden Lopez was booked into jail in Arizona on suspicion of disorderly conduct, assault and public display of explicit sexual material following the game between the Phoenix Mercury and the Connecticut Sun.
In Georgia, a man was also arrested after the initial incident at an Atlanta Dream game last week.