Caitlin Clark’s All-Star voting among WNBA players, who ranked her ninth-best among guards in the league, had social media in a frenzy wondering how that could be the case. 

One of those who voiced their opinion was Michele Tafoya, the ex-NFL reporter, who believes Clark’s peers are "jealous" of her. 

Tafoya made an appearance on OutKick’s "Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich," where she furthered her thoughts on the matter.

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"I thought we were turning a corner here, Dan," she said to Dakich. "I thought we saw her teammates having her back. I thought we were maybe settling down with this obsession of Caitlin Clark. 

"It really feels almost like a hatred toward her, but it’s clearly a jealousy. She’s got that great State Farm commercial where everything’s better from the logo – terrific ad, very smart. So, America loves her, the fans clearly love her, the media likes her. But the players can’t stand her."

Clark, a WNBA All-Star Game captain along with the Minnesota Lynx's Napheesa Collier, finished first in fan voting and fourth in media voting among guards. 

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But Tafoya, like many others, couldn’t believe Clark was so far down the list. Some believe it could be because she’s struggled in recent games with her jumpshot, while others spoke about her playing just nine of the Fever’s 16 games so far this season due to injuries. 

Tafoya didn't want to hear it.

"Ninth-best guard in the league? Don’t try to give me the excuses of, ‘Well, she’s been struggling lately,’ or, ‘She missed some games with injury.’ Come on, this is insanity and I think it’s an activist vote by the women of the WNBA, who simply cannot stand her success. It’s so dumb and it’s so childish," she said. 

Paige Bueckers, Dallas Wings rookie and first overall pick in this year’s WNBA Draft, was ranked the top guard from three phases of voting: fans, media and players. She was second in fan rank, fifth in media and fourth among players. 

The Atlanta Dream’s Allisha Gray, one of the WNBA All-Star starters, finished first in media rank and player rank, while players like Seattle’s Skylar Diggins, New York’s Sabrina Ionescu and Natasha Cloud, Washington’s Brittney Sykes and more finished above Clark in terms of player rank. 

Clark is averaging 18.2 points, 8.9 assists, five rebounds and 1.6 steals over 33.3 minutes per game this season. Only the Phoenix Mercury’s Alyssa Thomas – who could be among the 12 All-Star Game reserves, which will be selected by the league’s head coaches and announced this Sunday – has more assists per game (9.3), and she’s touched the hardwood in 12 contests this season. 

Clark also received 1,293,526 votes from the fans.

While Clark has been integral in the rise of the WNBA’s popularity since breaking rookie and league records last season with the Fever, there have been many contentious moments with game opponents.

This season, a physical altercation broke out against the Connecticut Sun, during which Clark was hit in the face and shoved to the ground during a play. Later in the game, Clark’s teammate, Sophie Cunningham, retaliated against Sun guard Jacy Sheldon in another scuffle that led to ejections. 

And, of course, Clark was the center of national sports conversation after instances against the Sun, Chicago Sky and others. 

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., forced a name change for President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" moments before the legislative package passed the upper chamber of Congress. 

While Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., was chairing the Senate, Schumer raised a point of order against lines three to five on the first page of the legislative proposal that said, "SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘'One Big Beautiful Bill Act.'" 

Schumer argued the title of the bill violated Section 313 B1A of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, or what's commonly referred to as the "Byrd Rule." 

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Ricketts said the point of order was sustained, meaning that text will be stricken from the bill. 

"This is not a ‘big, beautiful bill’ at all. That's why I moved down the floor to strike the title. It is now called ‘the act.’ That's what it's called. But it is really the ‘big ugly betrayal,’ and the American people know it," Schumer told reporters. "This vote will haunt our Republican colleagues for years to come. Because of this bill, tens of millions will lose health insurance. Millions of jobs will disappear. People will get sick and die, kids will go hungry and the debt will explode to levels we have never seen.

"This bill is so irredeemable that one Republican literally chose to retire rather than vote yes and decimate his own state," Schumer added, referring to Sen. Thom Tills, R-N.C.

Asked whether he hoped to irritate Trump by changing the name of the bill, Schumer responded, "I didn't even think of President Trump. I thought of the truth. This is not a beautiful bill. Anyone who loses their health insurance doesn't think it's beautiful. Any worker in the clean energy industry who loses their job does not think it's beautiful. Any mom who can't feed her kid on $5 a day doesn't think it's beautiful. We wanted the American people to know the truth."

The Senate narrowly passed Trump's $3.3 trillion spending package by a 51-50 vote on Tuesday after an all-night voting session. 

Vice President JD Vance was the tiebreaking vote. No Senate Democrats crossed the aisle to support the legislation. Tillis and Republican senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Susan Collins of Maine opposed the megabill. 

Democrats condemned the bill's passage, including Schumer's fellow New Yorker, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. She has not confirmed a primary run. 

"JD Vance was the deciding vote to cut Medicaid across the country," the progressive "Squad" member wrote on X. "An absolute and utter betrayal of working families." 

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Vance championed the bill as securing "massive tax cuts, especially no tax on tips and overtime. And most importantly, big money for border security." 

"This is a big win for the American people," the vice president wrote. 

He also approved an assessment by longtime GOP operative Roger Stone.

"The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects Trump's reconciliation bill would add $3.3 trillion to the national debt over the next decade by extending the president's tax cuts that he first implemented in 2017. In fact, federal revenues spiked after the 2017 Trump tax cuts just like they did after Reagan and JFK implemented across-the-board tax cuts," Stone wrote.

"The deficit is caused by excess spending which the administration is addressing in a series of recision bills. PS the CBO is always wrong." 

Despite initial reservations, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, voted in favor of the legislation after Republicans added Alaska-specific provisions to curry her favor. 

The bill now heads back to the House for final approval. Congress must reconcile differences between the Senate and House versions of the bill, namely on Medicaid. Republican leaders are aiming to get it to the president's desk by Friday, July 4.