Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton attended a WNBA game in Dallas alongside a "Sophie Cunningham Night" rally, using the occasion to voice cautious optimism about how the league is treating fans who support Cunningham while restating his opposition to transgender women competing in women's sports. His presence adds a prominent political figure to an ongoing culture-war dispute that has increasingly spilled into WNBA arenas and media coverage this season.

Paxton attended the Indiana Fever's match against the Dallas Wings at American Airlines Center with his daughter, Mattie, both wearing matching "XX-XY" T-shirts, a symbol used by campaigners opposing transgender participation in women's sport. Women's sports advocates rallied outside the venue before tip-off, part of a series of "Sophie Night" events organised by the mother of a former college volleyball player. The article does not detail what specific "concerns" prompted Paxton's comments or provide the WNBA's response.