US EditionRiley Gaines says being a mom is most important after AOC tells her to get a 'real job'
- 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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“Get a real job”: AOC claps back at anti-trans commentator Riley Gaines in online exchange
United States Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) has delivered a master class in effortlessly shutting down hate. On 26 October, conservative figure and failed college swimmer Riley Gaines took to her X account to seemingly spew hateful propaganda about New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, Bernie Sanders and AOC. “We’re being destroyed from within,” she wrote alongside a photo of the three liberal political figures at a ral…
Riley Gaines Fires Back with a Perfect Response After AOC Tells Her to 'Get a Real Job'
If you’ve ever spoken at length with a liberal woman, first of all, I’m truly sorry for that. (You’re not getting that time back.) Second of all, if you have […] The post Riley Gaines Fires Back with a Perfect Response After AOC Tells Her to 'Get a Real Job' appeared first on The Western Journal.
Mean Girl AOC Tells New Mother Riley Gaines to "Get a Real Job"
Childless Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) went ‘mean girl’ on conservative women’s rights activist and former champion collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines in an online spat, telling the new mother to “get a real job.” Pool feed screen image from Mamdani rally in New York City, October 26, 2025. Since retiring from competitive swimming, Gaines has become a leader in the movement to ban mentally ill men and boys who think they are women from wome…
AOC To Anti-Trans Swimmer Riley Gaines: "Maybe If You Channeled All This Anger Into Swimming Faster You Wouldn’t Have Come In Fifth."
Erin In The Morning is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Different Democrats speak about transgender people in very different ways. Some rely on vague gestures and political hedging—defending trans rights only when it’s convenient, and discarding them when it’s not. Others speak with conviction, choosing to lead with values of inclusion and solidarity for the mos…
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