{"id":1953392,"date":"2023-06-21T18:03:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T22:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/riley-gaines-blows-up-democrat-witness-testimony-during-trans-rights-hearing\/"},"modified":"2023-06-21T18:05:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T22:05:51","slug":"riley-gaines-blows-up-democrat-witness-testimony-during-trans-rights-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/riley-gaines-blows-up-democrat-witness-testimony-during-trans-rights-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Gaines exposes flaws in Democrat witness&#8217; testimony on trans rights."},"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\">22<\/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-blows-up-democrat-witness-testimony-during-trans-rights-hearing%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=1953392&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--><h2>Former NCAA Swimmer Riley Gaines Fact Checks Democrat Witness in Real Time<\/h2>\n<p>Former NCAA swimmer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/i-was-ready-to-go-to-dental-school-riley-gaines-became-an-activist-by-accident-but-shes-not-backing-down\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Riley Gaines<\/a> delivered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-staff-told-us-he-misspoke-joe-biden-confuses-his-agenda-in-60-minutes-interview-so-his-staff-steps-in-to-correct-the-record-video\/\" title=\"\"Biden's Staff Told Us He Misspoke\" - Joe Biden Confuses His Agenda in 60 Minutes Interview so His Staff Steps in to Correct the Record (VIDEO)\">fact check<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tech-expert-confirms-voting-machines-connected-to-internet-during-ga-senate-subcommittee-on-elections\/\" title=\"Tech expert confirms voting machines connected to internet during Ga. senate subcommittee on elections\">real time<\/a> to a Democrat witness during a Wednesday hearing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/did-this-just-say-peaceful-riley-gaines-unloads-on-san-francisco-states-response-to-assault\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaines<\/a>, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/what-about-us-riley-gaines-fires-back-at-sen-dick-durbin-for-bowing-to-trans-activists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">also testified<\/a> during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled \u201cProtecting Pride: Defending the Civil Rights of LGBTQ+ Americans,\u201d disputed the claim \u2014 made by Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson \u2014 that biological males had no inherent advantage when it came to athletics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dem witness: &#8220;There&#8217;s been this news article about men that think they can beat Serena Williams in tennis. And it&#8217;s just not the case. She is stronger than them.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Riley_Gaines_<\/a>: &#8220;Both Serena and Venus lost to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/riley-gaines-blows-up-democrat-witness-testimony-during-trans-rights-hearing\/\" title=\"Riley Gaines exposes flaws in Democrat witness' testimony on trans rights.\">203rd ranked male tennis player<\/a>.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MSAnV6IA5t\">pic.twitter.com\/MSAnV6IA5t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1671548075230257152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) put the question to Robinson, who describes herself as the HRC\u2019s first queer black president, asking her if she could provide an example proving that men did not have a biological advantage over women when it came to sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t believe that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-is-off-to-a-fast-start-with-executive-orders-but-does-he-know-whats-in-them-and-can-he-explain-how-any-help-the-average-american\/\" title=\"Biden Is Off to a Fast Start with Executive Orders But Does He know What\u2019s In Them and Can He Explain How Any Help the Average American?\">biological male<\/a> has a physical advantage in sports over a biological female?\u201d Kennedy asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot as a definitive statement,\u201d Robinson said, shaking her head.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGive me an example \u2026 nah, well, I don\u2019t think \u2026 how many female members of the NBA do you see?\u201d Kennedy asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can say that there\u2019s been this news article about men that think they can beat Serena Williams in tennis, right? That they think they could actually score a point on her,\u201d Robinson replied. \u201cAnd it\u2019s just not the case. She is stronger than them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy turned the same question to Gaines, then, asking what her experience had been when women competed against biological males.<\/p>\n<p>But instead of beginning with her own experience \u2014 competing at last year\u2019s NCAA championships against trans-identifying male swimmer Lia Thomas \u2014 Gaines began with a quick fact check of Robinson\u2019s claim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth Serena and Venus lost to the 203rd ranked male tennis player, which \u2014 they\u2019re phenoms for women,\u201d she said, and then added her own personal experience as well. \u201cMy experience, my husband, he swam at the University of Kentucky as well. In terms of accolades, in terms of national ranking, I was a much better swimmer than him. He could kick my butt any day of the week \u2014 without trying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The game Gaines referenced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/more-sports\/2017\/06\/27\/595296da468aeb99218b464c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took place in 1998<\/a>, after Serena and Venus Williams boasted that no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-world-of-ubiquitous-racism-new-attack-on-game-of-monopoly\/\" title=\"\u2018A World Of Ubiquitous Racism\u2019: New Attack On Game Of Monopoly\">male player<\/a> outside the top 200 in world rankings would be able to beat them. German player Karsten Braasch, ranked 203rd in the men\u2019s circuit, took them on, beating Serena 6-1 and Venus 6-2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know it would be that difficult. I played shots that would have been winners on the women\u2019s circuit and he got to them very easily,\u201d Serena observed when it was over.<\/p>\n<p>Braasch\u2019s assessment was a bit more brutal: \u201cThey wouldn\u2019t have had a chance against anyone inside the top 500 because today I played like someone ranked 600th to keep it fun.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines fact-checked a Democrat witness in real time during a hearing. Gaines, who testified at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on LGBTQ+ civil rights, disputed Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson&#8217;s claim about biological factors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1953393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4912,6897,14810,17380,5579,9522,8676,7037,6993],"class_list":["post-1953392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrat","tag-exposes","tag-flaws","tag-gaines","tag-rights","tag-riley","tag-testimony","tag-trans","tag-witness"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1953392","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\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1953392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1953392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1953393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1953392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1953392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1953392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}