Scott Brown Backs Sophie Cunningham in Sept. 8 Senate Race as WNBA Trans Policy Uproar Grows
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 28
Scott Brown Backs Sophie Cunningham in Sept. 8 Senate Race as WNBA Trans Policy Uproar Grows
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 28
Summary
Scott Brown used a podcast interview released Friday to praise Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham for saying female athletes should not have to compete against biological men.
The New Hampshire Senate candidate tied that stance to a broader attack on the WNBA, calling the league hypocritical and warning it could "lose it all" over its transgender-athlete policies.
Brown framed the issue through his daughter Ayla Brown’s basketball career at Boston College, arguing male practice players were bigger and stronger and should never take women’s roster spots.
The comments land in Brown’s 2026 campaign to replace retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, with the Republican primary against former Sen. John Sununu set for Sept. 8 and the general election on Nov. 3.