Riley Gaines Fires Back After Dem Rep Accuses Her of Trying to ‘Get Likes’ With Her Advocacy
Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines is pushing back on the claim her activism regarding women’s sports is an attempt to get “likes.” Gaines shared a portion of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” from Friday where panelists…
Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines is pushing back on the claim her activism regarding women’s Sports is an attempt to get “likes.”
Gaines shared a portion of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” from Friday where panelists discussed the issue of transgender athletes competing on Sports teams that do not correspond with their biological sex.
Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) seemed to suggest the former swimmer’s advocacy for keeping transgender athletes out of women’s Sports was an attempt to win attention on social media.
The California Democrat stated she “strongly” disagrees with Gaines’ view. Instead, she argued, “It should be up to sporting bodies to make the decisions.”
Porter went on, “I think that what she has done is try to turn this — we talked about people using things to kind of get likes and get clicks.”
She also clarified, “And by the way, Riley is speaking up for herself, and that is her prerogative, and I respect her free speech.”
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Gaines responded in a tweet, writing, “Hey I’m not speaking up for myself…I’m done playing Sports