A senator demands an apology from Angel Reese

“She accused the Indiana Fever fan base of being racist. They investigated it. They said those accusations were false,” Banks said. “The least she could do is apologize to our great state and the fans that show up at these games and say, ‘I’m sorry, I was wrong.’ Obviously, she’s not gonna do that. But also, Dan, why isn’t the Indiana Fever apologizing to their own fan base for putting them through that, for going through those types of accusations?”

Banks felt the accusations were “demeaning” to the Fever fan base.

“That was just an opposing player who hates Caitlin Clark,” Banks added. “Frankly, it’s a great rivalry for the teams and for the sport, but don’t accuse our fans of being racist. That’s the kind of garbage that gets thrown around all the time.”

Reese contributed to making the untruth come to life

Reese had an opportunity to claim she did not hear any racist insults when the WNBA declared they were looking into the incident. Rather, she used the now-disputed assertion as a chance to lecture fans.

Reese told reporters that the WNBA and the Sky organization had been very supportive of her. Reese was questioned by a reporter about her reaction to the game versus the Fever and how she managed to concentrate “with this going on simultaneously.” The racist heckling that the reporter was referring to, which reportedly didn’t exist, was “this.” Reese acknowledged that the taunts were “hard to hear.”