{"id":2018149,"date":"2023-08-31T13:59:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T17:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/keith-olbermann-picks-the-wrong-fight-with-riley-gaines-and-pays-the-price\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T14:02:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T18:02:53","slug":"keith-olbermann-picks-the-wrong-fight-with-riley-gaines-and-pays-the-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/keith-olbermann-picks-the-wrong-fight-with-riley-gaines-and-pays-the-price\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Olbermann&#8217;s Clash with Riley Gaines Backfires"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fkeith-olbermann-picks-the-wrong-fight-with-riley-gaines-and-pays-the-price%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=2018149&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>Keith Olbermann Picks the Wrong Fight with Riley Gaines and Pays the\u200d Price<\/h2>\n<p>Former ESPN and MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann tried to insult prolific former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines for \u2062not being able to \u2063compete against stronger and faster \u201ctrans women\u201d and got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/on-heels-of-stunning-loss-u-s-womens-soccer-gets-brutalized-online-for-woke-protesting\/\" title=\"On Heels Of Stunning Loss, U.S. Women\u2019s Soccer Gets Brutalized Online For \u2018Woke\u2019 Protesting\">brutalized online<\/a> over it.<\/p>\n<p>Olbermann went from having a chair on \u201cSportsCenter\u201d back when\u200d ESPN\u200c was \u2062watchable and covered sports to telling Gaines, a decorated \u200bfemale\u200d swimmer, that\u2062 she \u201csucked\u201d because she opposes naked men in women\u2019s locker rooms\u200b and competing against them in the field of play.<\/p>\n<p>What a\u200c hill to die on.<\/p>\n<p>A back-and-forth between the two started on X (formerly \u2064Twitter) Wednesday night after Olbermann responded to a comment Gaines had made on another post.<\/p>\n<p>Gaines took on Democratic Nebraska state Sen. Megan Hunt for advocating for the disappearance of sacred women\u2019s spaces (which in 2023 is\u200b somehow a feminist stance).<\/p>\n<p>Republican\u200c Nebraska\u200c Gov. Jim Pillen \u200cestablished\u200d a so-called \u201cBill of Rights\u201d for women into law \u2062by executive order and was\u2063 succinct in his comments about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is common \u200csense that men \u2062do not\u2063 belong in women\u2019s only spaces,\u201d\u200b Pillen\u200d said. \u201cAs\u200c governor, it is my duty to protect our kids\u200d and women\u2019s athletics, which\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/keith-olbermann-picks-the-wrong-fight-with-riley-gaines-and-pays-the-price\/\" title=\"Keith Olbermann's Clash with Riley Gaines Backfires\">means providing single-sex spaces<\/a> for women\u2019s sports, bathrooms, and changing rooms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hunt lost her mind over the executive order, and Gaines rubbed salt into her wounds.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Should women\u2019s sports\u2063 be limited \u200bto women?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this\u200c poll\u2064 entitles you to\u2064 The Western Journal\u200d news updates free of charge. You may\u200d opt \u2062out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 100% (17 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cDefining woman = \u2063ridiculous to\u200b state senator Megan\u2063 Hunt,\u201d Gaines tweeted.\u2063 She included\u200c three clown emojis and asked Nebraskans to remember Hunt\u2019s stance on the issue during her next election.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Defining woman = ridiculous to state\u200b senator Megan Hunt <\/p>\n<p>Remember that next election, Nebraskans <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E6gfim16rv\">https:\/\/t.co\/E6gfim16rv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_\/status\/1697051990428147725?\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A triggered Olbermann then \u200binvolved himself by insulting Gaines\u2019 athletic \u2064abilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you just\u2064 address the reality \u200band move past it? You sucked at swimming. That\u2019s why you lost,\u201d the brain-dead leftist tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Can you just address the \u200breality \u2064and\u200c move past it? You sucked at swimming. That\u2019s why you lost.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KeithOlbermann\/status\/1697059745142542540?\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gaines\u2019 career accomplishments speak for themselves, but Olbermann was apparently referring to her tying Lia Thomas, \u2062a man, for fifth place in the women\u2019s 200-meter NCAA championship last year.<\/p>\n<p>The response ratio was brutal for Olbermann, who spends his days trolling people on social media since he can no longer get or \u200dkeep <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-chief-of-staff-set-to-depart-white-house-post\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris\u2019 Chief Of Staff Set To Depart White House Post\">high-profile jobs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gaines\u2064 fired back at him:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ah, makes\u2063 sense now why you got\u200d fired \u2064from ESPN. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Js2q0NMSxu\">https:\/\/t.co\/Js2q0NMSxu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_)\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_\/status\/1697103370765349216?\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Apparently holding the \u2062SEC record and being \u200cone \u200dof the fastest Americans of all time in the 200 butterfly is amateur. I broke that record at that obnoxiously\u2062 orange school you happen to like <\/p>\n<p>Thanks clay!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Riley Gaines\u200c (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_\/status\/1697094682222662021?\">August\u200b 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Others \u200calso piled \u2063on:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Can you just address the reality and \u200dmove past it\u2026You suck and \u200dthat\u2019s why ESPN fired you\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 A Pro\u200b Ballplayer\u2019s Perspective (@Dputy7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dputy7\/status\/1697144427381244290?\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Do you have any idea\u2062 how BAD you look right now?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m just curious. Do you?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jennifer  \u2062 (@babybeginner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/babybeginner\/status\/1697121968913514757?\">August 31,\u2063 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sombody\u2019s been day-drinking,\u2063 hasn\u2019t he\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Puddle\u2062 Pirate\u2064 (@SafeSpacePirate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SafeSpacePirate\/status\/1697247911946662333?\">August \u200b31, \u200c2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Looks like Keith \u200bis using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transgender-nickelodeon-star-urges-children-to-cheer-on-trans-friends-as-they-express-themselves\/\" title=\"Transgender Nickelodeon Star Urges Children To \u2018Cheer On\u2019 Trans Friends \u2018As They Express Themselves\u2019\">trans-movement<\/a> as cover for\u200b his misogyny.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udc06\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc20 (@HarmfulOpinion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HarmfulOpinion\/status\/1697239892819116138?\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">There\u2063 was a time\u2063 where you\u200b used to have something to say and I respected you. Those days are behind you.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Batmantis (@BatMantisRises) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BatMantisRises\/status\/1697132346829668764?\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is profoundly dumb even for you, Keith. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_?\">@Riley_Gaines_<\/a> was \u200bone of the best women\u2019s\u2062 collegiate swimmers \u2064in the\u2062 country. She was forced to swim against a man pretending \u200cto \u200bbe a woman. Do you really think men\u2019s and \u200bwomen\u2019s \u200csports shouldn\u2019t be separated? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SDgTtnwk2f\">https:\/\/t.co\/SDgTtnwk2f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1697079608347136506?\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Olbermann, as Clay Travis pointed \u2063out, was at one \u2063point a respected\u2063 sportscaster.<\/p>\n<p>On \u2062an \u200cAugust evening in 2023, the rabid leftist attacked a woman who is leading the charge in protecting women\u2019s sports \u2063-\u2013 dying on a bizarre \u2063hill that in the height of his fame would have seemed unconscionable.<\/p>\n<p>Liberalism, \u200bat its core,\u200d truly is\u2063 a degenerative mental\u200c illness.<\/p>\n<p>The post \u2062 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/keith-olbermann-picks-wrong-fight-riley-gaines-pays-price\/\">Keith Olbermann Picks the Wrong Fight with Riley Gaines and Pays the Price<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>collegiate swimmer, that she couldn&#8217;t compete with &#8220;trans women.&#8221; Olbermann faced severe backlash online for his comments. 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