{"id":1915898,"date":"2023-04-17T13:43:08","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T17:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/riley-gaines-answers-katie-porter-attack-on-womens-sports-advocacy-i-see-whats-at-stake\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T13:44:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T17:44:00","slug":"riley-gaines-answers-katie-porter-attack-on-womens-sports-advocacy-i-see-whats-at-stake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/riley-gaines-answers-katie-porter-attack-on-womens-sports-advocacy-i-see-whats-at-stake\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Gaines answers Katie Porter attack on women\u2019s sports advocacy: \u2018I see what&#8217;s at stake\u2019"},"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\">30<\/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%2Friley-gaines-answers-katie-porter-attack-on-womens-sports-advocacy-i-see-whats-at-stake%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=1915898&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> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">F<\/span>ormer championship swimmer-turned-women\u2019s sports advocate <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/riley-gaines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Riley Gaines<\/a> responded to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/watch-rep-katie-porter-claims-riley-gaines-is-just-trying-to-get-likes-and-clicks-with-her-activism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rep. Katie Porter\u2019s (D-CA) accusations of pursuing \u201clikes and clicks.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gaines claimed that she is fighting for others rather than herself to shield trans women from women&#8217;s&#8217;s sports.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/riley-gaines-transgender-activists-violence-persuade-you\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RILEY GAINES:&#8221; THEY HAVE NO OTHER WAY TO PERSUADE YOU,&#8221; TRANSGENDER Protesters USE Crime.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Before other guest Piers Morgan retorted that he saw Gaines defending&#8221; women&#8217;s&#8217;s privileges to fairness and equality ,&#8221; Porter appeared on Real Time on Friday with Bill Maher and claimed that the latter had been&#8221; using things to kind of get love and get keystrokes.&#8221; She is&#8221; speaking up for herself, which is her authority, and I respect her right to free speech ,&#8221; Porter continued.<\/p>\n<p>Morris responded by saying she has postponed her own career plans in order to defend women&#8217;s&#8217;s sports justice.<\/p>\n<p>Gaines <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_\/status\/1647339899702611968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1647339903246811136%7Ctwgr%5Ed98d5e7826070274e444fa7851022524e7dc7314%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fsports%2Friley-gaines-responds-katie-porter-why-always-women-fighting-against-sex-based-protections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>,&#8221; Hey @ RepKatiePorter I&#8217;m&#8217;m not speaking up for myself.&#8221; &#8221; I&#8217;m&#8217;m done participating in sports.&#8221; I&#8217;m&#8217;m not battling for myself. Actually, this year I&#8217;m&#8217;m supposed to be in dental school. But after realizing what would happen if someone didn&#8217;t stand up for the present and the next generation, I changed my life programs.<\/p>\n<p>Why do women always fight against sex-based privileges? Gaines continued. &#8221; I&#8217;ll&#8217;ll never be able to understand that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Ok.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Following then-University of Pennsylvania transgender swimmer Lia Thomas&#8217; <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/swimmer-lia-thomas-becomes-first-trans-athlete-to-win-division-i-national-title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCAA Division I national championship<\/a>, Gaines started outspokenly opposing the inclusion of trans women in women&#8217;s&#8217;s sports.<\/p>\n<p>She most recently gained notoriety when she was harassed by a group of trans activists at San Francisco State University while speaking out in favor of women&#8217;s&#8217;s sports rights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former championship swimmer-turned-women\u2019s sports advocate Riley Gaines responded to Rep. Katie Porter\u2019s (D-CA) accusations of pursuing \u201clikes and clicks.\u201d Gaines said she is not in a fight to protect women\u2019s sports from transgender women for herself but for others. 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