{"id":2018194,"date":"2023-08-31T14:30:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T18:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/keith-olbermann-says-riley-gaines-sucked-at-swimming-inciting-online-spat\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T14:31:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T18:31:57","slug":"keith-olbermann-says-riley-gaines-sucked-at-swimming-inciting-online-spat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/keith-olbermann-says-riley-gaines-sucked-at-swimming-inciting-online-spat\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Olbermann sparks online feud by criticizing Riley Gaines&#8217; swimming skills."},"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%2Fkeith-olbermann-says-riley-gaines-sucked-at-swimming-inciting-online-spat%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=2018194&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>Liberal Podcaster Slams Swimming Champion for Supporting Nebraskan Bill<\/h2>\n<p>Keith Olbermann, a prominent liberal podcaster, didn&#8217;t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-may-ease-ccp-virus-lockdown-from-march-foreign-secretary-says\/\" title=\"UK May Ease CCP Virus Lockdown From March, Foreign Secretary Says\">hold back<\/a> in his criticism of \u2063swimming\u2064 champion\u2062 Riley Gaines for her endorsement of a controversial Nebraskan bill that defines sex as biological.<\/p>\n<p>Gaines took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to\u2062 express her\u200b support for Gov. Jim Pillen (R-NE) and his &#8220;Women&#8217;s Bill of Rights&#8221;\u2063 executive order. The order specifically states \u2062that a &#8220;female&#8221; \u2063is an individual whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kansas-senate-passes-first-bill-defining-woman-as-a-biological-female\/\" title=\"Kansas Senate Passes First Bill Defining \u2018Woman\u2019 As A Biological Female\">biological reproductive system<\/a> is developed to produce ova.<\/p>\n<h3>A Clash of Opinions<\/h3>\n<p>Gaines praised \u200bthe governor&#8217;s leadership, thanking him for implementing the Independent Women&#8217;s Voice&#8217;s Women&#8217;s\u200d Bill of Rights and protecting nearly 1 million Nebraskan women. However, Olbermann didn&#8217;t hesitate to challenge her viewpoint.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Can you just address the reality and\u200d move past it?&#8221; Olbermann responded to one of\u2064 Gaines&#8217; posts. &#8220;You sucked at swimming. That&#8217;s why you lost.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gaines fired back, referencing Olbermann&#8217;s departure from ESPN in October 2020: &#8220;Ah, makes sense now why you got fired\u2063 from ESPN.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Not\u2064 stopping there, Gaines also criticized state Sen. Megan Hunt for\u200d her criticism of the executive order. She shared Hunt&#8217;s\u200c response with a clown emoji\u200d caption \u2062and urged voters in Hunt&#8217;s \u200bdistrict\u2062 to remember her stance in\u2062 the next election.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m term limited, dude \u2014 don&#8217;t worry,&#8221; Hunt \u2062replied, referring\u200c to Nebraska&#8217;s law that restricts senators to two consecutive terms but allows for another run \u2063after four years.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hunt, who initially won her seat as a Democratic candidate, \u2064recently announced that she left \u200cthe party and registered as nonpartisan.<\/p>\n<h3>Gaines&#8217; Rise to Prominence<\/h3>\n<p>Gaines has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/keith-olbermann-says-riley-gaines-sucked-at-swimming-inciting-online-spat\/\" title=\"Keith Olbermann sparks online feud by criticizing Riley Gaines' swimming skills.\">gained significant \u2064popularity online \u200ddue<\/a> to\u2063 her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/riley-gaines-threatens-to-sue-news-outlet-for-libel-and-character-assassination\/\" title=\"Riley Gaines plans legal action against news outlet for 'defamation and character harm'.\">social media campaign surrounding<\/a> \u2062the debate about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/debunking-the-aclus-ridiculous-myths-and-facts-about-transgender-athletes\/\" title=\"Debunking The ACLU\u2019s Ridiculous \u2018Myths And Facts\u2019 About Transgender Athletes\">transgender women<\/a> in sports. Her outspoken views on the\u200d subject\u2064 stem from her experience tying for \u200dfifth place in the 200-meter NCAA championships with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas last year.<\/p>\n<p>To read more about this story, <a href=\"#\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liberal podcaster Keith Olbermann criticized swimmer Riley Gaines for endorsing a Nebraska bill defining sex as biological. Gaines praised Gov. Jim Pillen (R-NE) on X for creating a &#8220;Women&#8217;s Bill of Rights&#8221; through an executive order. 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