Mayor Calls Out Barkley's San Antonio 'Barbs'

During a pre-game broadcast for Game 1 of the NBA Finals, San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones directly addressed TNT analyst Charles Barkley. The confrontation followed a compilation of Barkley's past remarks, which have frequently targeted the women of San Antonio with jesting commentary for over a decade. Mayor Jones, a member of the Democratic Party and a former nominee for Texas's 23rd congressional district, responded to Barkley's well-known bit by stating, "I learned a long time ago you can't teach courage, you can't teach class... And Mr. Barkley reminds us of that." Jones, who also served in the Biden administration, made history as the first Asian-American female mayor of a major Texas city and the first openly lesbian mayor of San Antonio following her election win.