Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines calls out ‘The View’ hosts for ‘confused’ over Capitol Hill bathroom ban
The old one University of Kentucky Swimmer Riley Gaines slammed her “The View” co-hosts Wednesday, calling them “confused” and “close-minded” after they spoke out in defense of Delaware Rep.-elect Sarah McBride over a ruling that would bar transgender women from participating. using the women’s restrooms in the US Capitol.
Gaines, 12 times NCAA All-American swimmer who spoke publicly against the inclusion of women and girls in sports and advocated for the protection of women’s positions, sent a message to X calling out the group for talking about an issue that does not directly affect them.
Former competitive swimmer Riley Gaines speaks at a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump at the Desert Diamond Arena on August 23, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona. The rally, held in partnership with Turning Point PAC and Turning Point Action, came two weeks after Democratic presidential nominee Harris held a rally at the same venue. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
“I wonder if the confused, out-of-touch women on The View would be comfortable letting Mr. McBride change in a locker room inches from their daughters,” she wrote on X’s blog along with a clip of the show. .
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“It doesn’t matter until it affects you personally.”
Gaines competed against former UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas, a transgender athlete, at the 2022 NCAA Championships, where she said the NCAA chose to award Thomas a fifth-place trophy for a “photo op” despite them being tied for the women’s freestyle 200.
Thomas would go on to win a national title in the women’s 500 freestyle.
Gaines was responding to a segment on Tuesday’s episode of “The View” in which the co-hosts responded to the decision by Rep. Nancy Mace, RS.C., to ban transgender women from using women’s restrooms in the US Capitol to responding to McBride, the first openly gay lawmaker to join Congress in January.
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“I don’t understand how this happened [Mace’s] welcome to someone who will make a difference in the country,” said Whoopi Goldberg.
Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del., poses for a photo after joining other members of the 119th Congress for a group photo on the steps of the House of Representatives at the US Capitol Building on Nov. 15, 2024 in Washington. , DC (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“It’s not acceptable, to give him the middle finger. Because he is the only one in the house that this will affect,” answered Sara Haines, adding, “And this woman who came to sit at our table is one of the most successful, honorable, wonderful politicians I’ve ever seen and her messages were heard on all the boards.
Alyssa Farah Griffin chimed in, calling the attempt to shut down McBride “bad.”
“He’s a new member of Congress, who ran as a moderate democrat, he talked about the issues – the pocketbook issues. He said to our table ‘I’m not the spokesperson for our community. I’m running to deliver Delaware.’ And Nancy Mace is trying to get him into a war that he didn’t sign up to be a part of. He’s trying to get him into ‘You have to be a culture hero, making this all about you’ because Nancy Mace isn’t doing that the way she chooses to be.”
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US Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC) arrives at the House Republican caucus meeting at the US Capitol on November 19, 2024, in Washington, DC. Mace introduced legislation that would require House members and staff to “use single-sex facilities other than those that correspond to their natural sex.” (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Gaines said in a separate post on X Wednesday that he would be “happy” to join “The View” for a discussion after disagreeing with Goldberg’s numbers about trans athletes competing in public schools.
Fox News’ Liz Elkind contributed to this report.
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