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PETE: ESPN REPORTER RACHEL
NICHOLS LOSING HER GIG FOR THE
NBA FINALS AFTER CALLING
OUT THE NETWORKS HISTORY ON
DIVERSITY, IN A PRIVATE
CONVERSATION RECORDED MORE THAN
A YEAR AGO.
OUR NEXT GUEST IS CALLING OUT
HYPOCRISY IN THE WOKE CULTURE,
WAR OUTKICK FOUNDER CLAY TRAVIS
IS HERE TO EXPLAIN.
CLAY HELP US OUT SO THERE’S A
TAPE, IT’S A-YEAR-OLD, SHE’S
CLAIMING SHE MAY NOT GET THE GIG
ON THE NBA FINALS BECAUSE OF THE
COLOR OF HER SKIN AND
ANOTHER CO-HOST AND SHE DOESN’T
GET THE GIG.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS?
>> WELL SHE’S ACTUALLY LOST TWO
JOBS NOW, AND THEY ARE UNCERTAIN
IF HER SHOW IS EVER GOING TO
RETURN TO AIR, MEANING RACHEL
NICHOLS, AND THIS IS ALL COME
OUT OF A TAPE THAT WAS MADE OVER
A YEAR AGO, WHEN SHE WAS INSIDE
THE NBA BUBBLE, DID NOT KNOW HER
HOME CAMERA THERE IN THE HOTEL
ROOM WAS ON, AND HAD A
CONVERSATION ABOUT BEING
REPLACED BY MARIA TAYLOR, A
BLACK WOMAN, AND SAID THE REASON
WHY SHE WAS LOSING HER JOB BASS
AWAYS OF ESPN’S ISSUES WITH
DIVERSITY IMPLYING QUITE CLEARLY
THAT MARIA TAYLOR WAS GETTING
HER JOB, BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF
MARIA TAYLOR’S SKIN AND WHAT’S
IRONIC ABOUT THIS IS RACHEL
NICHOLS HAS ALWAYS BEEN SUPER
WOKE PUBLICLY.
SHE PRAISED THE NBA OVER THE
DISASTROUS DECISION TO MOVE
THE ALL-STAR GAME OUT OF
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA OVER A
TRANSGENDER BATHROOM BILL.
SHE’S LECTURED THE REST OF THE
AMERICAN SPORTING PUBLIC FOR
A LONG TIME ABOUT DIVERSITY
AND INCLUSION ISSUES, BUT THEN
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, SUDDENLY,
SHE APPEARS TO BE SOMETHING THAT
SHE HAS CLAIMED NOT TO BE, AND/
OR THE HYPOCRISY FINALLY
REVEALS ITSELF, WHICH IS, AS YOU
GUYS KNOW, MANY OF THESE SUPER
WOKE WHITE PEOPLE LOVE THE IDEA
OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AS
LONG AS THEIR OWN JOBS AREN’T
IMPACTED BY THAT DIVERSITY AND
INCLUSION PUSH, AND THIS IS
WHAT’S BLOWN UP ON RACHEL
NICHOLS, IT’S A HUGE MESS FOR
ESPN AND HONESTLY WE’RE NOT
SURE IF SHE’S ABLE TO CONTINUE
WORKING AT THE NETWORK.
AINSLEY: WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION
WHEN THE ROSTER CAME OUT
YESTERDAY FOR THE OLYMPICS AND S
HAN’TKARI RICHARDSON WAS
NOT ON THE LIST BECAUSE SHE
TESTED POSITIVE FOR MARIJUANA?
>> I THINK IT’S A RIDICULOUS
DECISION, AND I’VE BEEN ON THIS
TRAIN FOR A LONG TIME.
IF YOU WANT TO TEST FOR
PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS,
I THINK THAT MAKES A TOTAL
AMOUNT OF SENSE.
IT SHOULD HAPPEN, BUT NON-
PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS,
PARTICULARLY DRUGS LIKE POT,
SHOULDN’T BE TESTED FOR AT ALL,
PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU ARE
ALLOWING TRANSGENDER ATHLETES TO
COMPETE.
IN NEW ZEALAND, WE HAVE GOT A
BIOLOGICAL MALE WEIGHT LIFTER
WHO HAS BEEN TAKING ALL SORTS OF
DRUGS TO CHANGE THE GENDER, HE’S
NOW BECOME A WOMAN, AND IS
COMPETING AS A FEMALE WEIGHT
LIFTER.
IF YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE A
CHOICE, I THINK EVERYBODY OUT
THERE LISTENING, WOULD YOU
RATHER HAVE A WOMAN SPRINTER WHO
SMOKED POT COMPETING OR WOULD
YOU RATHER HAVE A BIOLOGICAL MAN
COMPETING AS A WOMAN IN WEIGHT
LIFTING, AND THE OLYMPICS IS
GETTING THIS WAY WRONG AND
ALLOWING ALL OF THE DRUGS THAT
CHANGE YOUR GENDER AND NOT
ALLOWING NON-PERFORMANCE ENHANC
ING CASUAL DRUGS THAT
MAYBE LEGAL IN MANY STATES TO BE
CONSUMED I THINK IT’S ABSOLUTELY
RIDICULOUS.
BRIAN: IT’S UNBELIEVABLE IF SHE
HAD A COUPLE OF BEERS IT
WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM.
>> NO DOUBT.
BRIAN: AND HALF THE COUNTRY
ALLOWS IT, AND THE THING IS,
RIGHT NOW, I’M SURPRISED U.S.
TRACK AND FIELD HASN’T
STEPPED IN AND GONE TO BAT FOR
HER.
>> YEAH, LOOK.
I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE PEOPLE
OUT THERE WHO SAY THE RULES ARE
THE RULES.
EVER SINCE I GOT MY LAW DEGREE,
I’VE BEEN SITTING AROUND SAYING
WELL THAT’S THE WORST ARGUMENT
OF ALL-TIME.
THE RULES ARE STUPID.
THIS IS A STUPID RULE, BUT TO ME
IF YOU’RE GOING TO ALLOW MEN TO
COMPETE AGAINST WOMEN IN WEIGHT
LIFTING WHY CAN’T YOU ALLOW A
REAL WOMAN WHOSE SMOKING POT TO
BE ABLE TO COMPETE HERE, IT
DOESN’T MAKE SENSE THE OLYMPICS
HAS GOT EVERYTHING BACKWARDS
HERE.
PETE: VERY WELL SAID.
CLAY TRAVIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING WITH US AND YOU CAN GO
TO BY THE WAY OUTKICK.COM FOR
MORE COVERAGE.
YET WHEN YOU LISTEN FOR IT, IT’S
TRUE.