US EditionOcasio-Cortez mocks Riley Gaines for fifth place finish
- On Sunday, Riley Gaines, former collegiate swimmer and Republican activist, challenged Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to a debate, and Ocasio-Cortez replied bluntly by quote-tweeting the challenge.
- Riley Gaines, who tied for fifth at the 2022 NCAA championships with Lia Thomas, has repeatedly criticized transgender women competing in sports and gained media prominence.
- Ocasio-Cortez fired back on X with a taunt about Gaines's swimming finish, saying, `Maybe if you channeled all this anger into swimming faster you wouldn't have come in fifth.`
- Gaines's challenge and Ocasio-Cortez's reply triggered further personal attacks on social media, while Gaines used the feud to build a media presence with conservative appearances, a book and an OutKick podcast.
- The spat highlights continued national debate over transgender women in women's sports, as Gaines's earlier feuds with high-profile figures this year fuel broader culture-war narratives.
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San Diego Union TribuneAOC’s tweet at Riley Gaines shows what feminism on the Left has become
When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted at former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines, “Maybe if you channeled all this anger into swimming faster you wouldn’t have come in fifth,” it was more than a cheap shot. It was a window into what passes for feminism on the Left in 2025. In a post that went viral, I responded, “Imagine hating another woman for defending women, then mocking her for not beating a man.” That single sentence, my response on X,…
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foxwilmington.comRiley Gaines and Ocasio-Cortez trade barbs as conservatives defend the former swimmer in ongoing dispute
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Riley Gaines and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have been firing back at each other across different forms of media, hurling digs at one another after the conservative commentator posted a photo of AOC with Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders with the caption, “We’re being destroyed from within.” In the latest exchange, AOC took another hit at Gaines, telling the new 25-year-old mother to “get a real job” afte…
Gaines Spits Fire After Cringe AOC Insult
A heated social media confrontation between former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has reignited a fiery debate. The exchange began when Gaines shared a photograph on X showing Ocasio-Cortez at a New York political rally. Gaines accompanied the image with commentary about the state of the nation. The New York congresswoman […] The post Gaines Spits Fire After Cringe AOC Insult appeared first on News Addicts.
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