{"id":1594760,"date":"2022-08-08T13:48:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T17:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1594760"},"modified":"2022-08-08T13:48:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T17:48:28","slug":"lia-thomas-competitor-riley-gaines-responds-to-rumors-she-tried-to-dodge-a-kiss-from-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lia-thomas-competitor-riley-gaines-responds-to-rumors-she-tried-to-dodge-a-kiss-from-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Lia Thomas Competitor Riley Gaines Responds to Rumors She Tried to \u2018Dodge a Kiss\u2019 From Trump"},"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\">32<\/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-responds-to-rumors-she-tried-to-dodge-a-kiss-from-trump%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=1594760&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>College swimmer Riley Gaines has responded to claims that she tried to \u201cdodge a kiss\u201d from\u00a0former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> during a Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) event in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>A former college swimmer at the University of Kentucky, Gaines made headlines after she spoke against transgender athletes, or biological males, competing in women\u2019s sports. A video appeared to show Trump introducing Gaines at the CPAC stage and approaching her before he pulled away.<\/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 Gaines wrote on an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cg-wOhPOuKL\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;ig_rid=027523f1-ff3b-4e11-95cd-d97968f47415\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0post Monday that included a photo of her and Trump. \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>The athlete added that it was \u201can honor\u201d to share the stage with Trump at the event, which was held Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>And regarding whether biological males should compete in female sports, Gaines stated, \u201cI truly can\u2019t even believe this is a topic for debate. It\u2019s simple. Women 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<\/p>\n<p>Gaines had competed against Lia Thomas, who is a transgender biological male, in the 200 freestyle\u00a0at the NCAA Division I Women\u2019s Championships in March.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas, 22, from the University of Pennsylvania, became the first openly transgender athlete to win a Division I national NCAA title in a women\u2019s swimming race.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas was a former University of Pennsylvania swimmer for the men\u2019s team and competed for three years before starting hormone replacement therapy in 2019. After competing against females since the start of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>College swimmer Riley Gaines has responded to claims that she tried to \u201cdodge a kiss\u201d from\u00a0former President Donald Trump during a Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) event in Dallas. A former college swimmer at the University of Kentucky, Gaines made headlines after she spoke against transgender athletes, or biological males, competing in women\u2019s sports. 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