{"id":1594579,"date":"2022-08-08T12:47:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T16:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1594579"},"modified":"2022-08-08T12:48:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T16:48:25","slug":"lia-thomas-competitor-riley-gaines-shuts-down-propaganda-rumors-she-dodged-trumps-kiss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lia-thomas-competitor-riley-gaines-shuts-down-propaganda-rumors-she-dodged-trumps-kiss\/","title":{"rendered":"Lia Thomas Competitor Riley Gaines Shuts Down \u2018Propaganda\u2019 Rumors She Dodged Trump\u2019s Kiss"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flia-thomas-competitor-riley-gaines-shuts-down-propaganda-rumors-she-dodged-trumps-kiss%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1594579&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Riley Gaines, one of the young women who competed against a biologically male athlete during the NCAA women\u2019s swimming championships earlier this year, shut down rumors that she dodged a kiss from former President Donald Trump at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Gaines, a 12-time All-American and three-time Southeastern Conference champion,\u00a0expressed gratitude in an Instagram post for the \u201conce in a lifetime experience\u201d of sharing \u201ca stage with the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump had invited Gaines to join him on stage as he emphasized the importance of protecting the integrity of women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat an honor,\u201d the University of Kentucky graduate said.<\/p>\n<p>Gaines pointed to leftists\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonFilipkowski\/status\/1556256626641887237?s=20&#038;t=xw-5-To7C0FZ5DBxmHAUfQ\">insinuations<\/a> that she had dodged the former president\u2019s greeting, describing them as a \u201cprime example of the left media pushing propaganda to fit their narrative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump calls swimmer Riley Gaines up on stage and tries to give her a kiss. She flinches and pulls away. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zKSZMAEF2Y\">pic.twitter.com\/zKSZMAEF2Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@RonFilipkowski) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonFilipkowski\/status\/1556256626641887237?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn no way, shape, or form did I \u2018dodge a kiss\u2019 from Trump nor was I uncomfortable on that stage with him at any point in time,\u201d she said. \u201cI slightly turned my head so I could hear what he was saying to me. Proof that not everything you read is factual. But keep clutching at straws, it\u2019s almost comical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gaines\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/i-left-there-with-no-trophy-ncaa-female-swimmer-who-tied-for-fifth-with-trans-athlete-says-officials-put-lia-thomas-ahead-of-her\">first shared her story with The Daily Wire<\/a> in March after she competed against Thomas in the 200 freestyle on Friday at the NCAA Division I Women\u2019s Championships. Since then, she has repeatedly spoken out on Fox News and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwf.org\/save-womens-sports-riley-gaines\/\">teamed up<\/a> with the Independent Women\u2019s Forum to defend fairness in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p>At the CPAC event, Gaines shared how she tied with Thomas for fifth place but was asked to hold the sixth place trophy for a photo op.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPro-woman &#038; pro-fairness is not anti-trans,\u201d she said in her Instagram post. \u201cI truly can\u2019t even believe this is a topic for debate. It\u2019s simple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWomen should not be forced to share a changing space &#038; compete against males with biological advantages that will never be completely diminished regardless of hormones taken,\u201d she added. \u201cIf you\u2019re delusional enough to think fairness for women is considered transphobic, you\u2019re simply misogynistic.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riley Gaines, one of the young women who competed against a biologically male athlete during the NCAA women\u2019s swimming championships earlier this year, shut down rumors that she dodged a kiss from former President Donald Trump at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) over the weekend. Gaines, a 12-time All-American and three-time Southeastern Conference champion,\u00a0expressed &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1594770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1594579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1594579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1594579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1594579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1594770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1594579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1594579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1594579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}