{"id":1970787,"date":"2023-07-12T13:30:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T17:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fed-up-riley-gaines-challenges-trans-athlete-activist-megan-rapinoe-to-debate-consider-this-an-official-invite\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T13:32:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T17:32:27","slug":"fed-up-riley-gaines-challenges-trans-athlete-activist-megan-rapinoe-to-debate-consider-this-an-official-invite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fed-up-riley-gaines-challenges-trans-athlete-activist-megan-rapinoe-to-debate-consider-this-an-official-invite\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Gaines invites Megan Rapinoe for a debate &#8211; &#8216;This is your official invitation.&#8217;"},"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\">28<\/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%2Ffed-up-riley-gaines-challenges-trans-athlete-activist-megan-rapinoe-to-debate-consider-this-an-official-invite%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=1970787&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 College Swimmer Challenges Megan Rapinoe to Debate on Transgender Athletes<\/h2>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-swimmer-says-trans-athletes-competing-against-women-destroys-fair-competition\/\" title=\"College Swimmer Says \u2018Trans' Athletes Competing Against Women Destroys Fair Competition\">college swimming<\/a> champion Riley Gaines is challenging soon-to-be former U.S. Women\u2019s Soccer star Megan Rapinoe to a debate after the pro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-cleric-covid-vaccine-causes-homosexuality\/\" title=\"Iranian Cleric: COVID Vaccine Causes Homosexuality\">soccer player<\/a> proclaimed that \u201ctrans women are women\u201d and said she\u2019d welcome men claiming to be women on the U.S. Women\u2019s National Team roster.<\/p>\n<p>Rapinoe recently told <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6293102\/megan-rapinoe-world-cup-2023-interview-retirement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Time<\/a> magazine that she thinks men who claim to be women are \u201creal women\u201d and blasted critics who oppose transgenders playing as women in women\u2019s sports. She also argued that critics are \u201ctransphobic\u201d for opposing men invading women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p>The USWNT captain insisted that men are not taking the place of \u201creal women\u201d in sports because transgender women are \u201creal women\u201d already.<\/p>\n<p>Rapinoe said that the argument that, \u201c\u2018You\u2019re taking a \u2018real\u2019 woman\u2019s place,\u2019\u201d is an illegitimate argument to make. She added, \u201cthat\u2019s the part of the argument that\u2019s still extremely transphobic. I see trans women as real women. What you\u2019re saying automatically in the argument \u2014 you\u2019re sort of telling on yourself already \u2014 is you don\u2019t believe these people are women. Therefore, they\u2019re taking the other spot. I don\u2019t feel that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The soccer player also blasted people who oppose transgenders in sports, including tennis great Martina Navratilova and ESPN commentator Sage Steele, calling them all transphobic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to mince words about it,\u201d Rapinoe told Time. \u201cWhen Martina or Sage or whoever are talking about this, people aren\u2019t hearing it just in the context of elite sports. They\u2019re saying, \u2018The rest of my life, this is how I\u2019m going to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/libs-of-tiktok-locked-out-of-twitter-again\/\" title=\"Libs of TikTok Locked Out of Twitter \u2013 Again\">treat trans people<\/a>.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, even though Rapinoe is suggesting that men can play on the women\u2019s national team, Rapinoe also just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-megan-rapinoes-career-coming-abrupt-end\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> her retirement \u2014 set to begin at the end of this soccer season \u2014 and will never be faced with playing with or against men claiming to be women.<\/p>\n<p>So, while her career will never be impacted by men playing on her team, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/megan-rapinoe-suffers-humiliating-fate-final-uswnt-game-american-soil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rapino<\/a> is advocating for just that fate to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fed-up-riley-gaines-challenges-trans-athlete-activist-megan-rapinoe-to-debate-consider-this-an-official-invite\/\" title=\"Riley Gaines invites Megan Rapinoe for a debate - 'This is your official invitation.'\">befall future women players<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Should trans athletes be banned from women&#8217;s sports?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes<\/li>\n<li>No<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rapinoe\u2019s stance has raised opposition, of course. Tennis great Navratilova, for instance, blasted the soccer player after the soccer star made her comments.<\/p>\n<p>Navratilova <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tennis-legend-martina-navratilova-calls-megan-rapinoe-trans-athletes-comments-really-megan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">struck back<\/a> at Rapinoe\u2019s attack, first tweeting \u201cyikes.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yikes\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lfKs34dSN5\">https:\/\/t.co\/lfKs34dSN5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Martina Navratilova (@Martina) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Martina\/status\/1678522177820282885?\">July 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Then, the next day, wrote, \u201cHmmm. Really Megan?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hmmm . Really Megan? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DxzQGvkPd8\">https:\/\/t.co\/DxzQGvkPd8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Martina Navratilova (@Martina) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Martina\/status\/1678742641779851264?\">July 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The national anthem <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hope-solo-megan-rapinoe-bully-teammates-kneeling-national-anthem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protester<\/a>, LGBT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rapinoe-finally-says-loud-trans-agenda-wont-admit-sports-demands-american-parents-get-grip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">activist<\/a>, stark <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/megan-rapinoe-turns-women-latest-move-just-like-turned-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-American<\/a>, equal pay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-men-forced-pay-megan-rapinoe-womens-team-6-5-million-prize-money-win-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pusher<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-rapinoe-stands-statement-not-going-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-Trumper<\/a> is going out with a whimper, but Riley Gaines is ready to give Rapinoe just a bit more publicity before she fades off into deserved obscurity, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/riley-gaines-megan-rapinoe-debate-biological-men-womens-sports-outkick-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Outkick<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHad Megan Rapinoe been asked [about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-pushes-back-against-biden-allowing-biological-men-in-female-sports\/\" title=\"McCarthy Pushes Back Against Biden Allowing Biological Men in Female Sports\">biological men playing<\/a> on the USWNT] \u2026 while trying to advance to the height of her career, she would not have the same opinions because a man could easily take her place. Easily,\u201d Gained said.<\/p>\n<p>Gaines went on to issue an official challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsider this an official invite,\u201d Gaines added. \u201cMegan Rapinoe, I would love it if you joined the new \u2018Gaines for Girls\u2019 podcast where we could have an open dialogue about the issue of men competing in women\u2019s sports.\u201d (\u201cGaines for Girls\u201d is the former swimmer\u2019s new podcast in partnership with OutKick.)<\/p>\n<p>Gaines made her challenge on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clayandbuck.com\/gaines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Clay Travis &#038; Buck Sexton Show<\/a>\u201d on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Rapinoe, Gaines knows all too well what it is like to be forced to compete against a bigger, more powerful male who claims to be a woman. After all, Gaines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/college-swimmer-reveals-awful-truth-actually-worse-forced-race-lia-thomas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">faced<\/a> transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who tore through college swimming, winning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trans-swimmer-made-infuriating-statement-just-destroying-female-competition-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">titles<\/a> after supposedly \u201ctransitioning\u201d to a woman during the NCAA 2021-22 swimming season.<\/p>\n<p>While it isn\u2019t likely that Rapinoe will be brave enough to face Gaines in a debate on the topic of transgenders in sports, if Rapinoe had the courage of her convictions, it would be the perfect opportunity to prove her point.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fed-riley-gaines-challenges-trans-athlete-activist-megan-rapinoe-debate-consider-official-invite\/\">Fed-Up Riley Gaines Challenges Trans-Athlete Activist Megan Rapinoe to Debate &#8211; &#8216;Consider This an Official Invite&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former college swimming champion Riley Gaines is challenging Megan Rapinoe, the soon-to-be former U.S. Women\u2019s Soccer star, to a debate. Rapinoe&#8217;s statement supporting the inclusion of trans women and men claiming to be women on the U.S. Women\u2019s National Team roster has sparked this discussion. In a recent interview with Time magazine, Rapinoe expressed her belief that &#8220;trans women are women.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":1970788,"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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1970787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/1970787","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\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1970787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1970788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1970787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1970787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1970787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}