Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines slammed USWNT star Megan Rapinoe for 'undermining' female athletes by supporting biological male athletes competing alongside women.
OutKick podcast host Riley Gaines accuses retiring soccer star Megan Rapinoe of hypocrisy in her defense of trans athletes in female sports on ‘Fox News Tonight.’called out soccer star Megan Rapinoe for"classic virtue signaling" after she mentioned she would"absolutely" support a transgender athlete on the U.S. women's soccer team.
"Not only is she just a high-profile athlete, she's actually someone who fought for women in sports. She fought for equal pay. She fought for equal access, equal resources, all of those things in comparison to the women's U.S. national soccer team, to the men's," Gaines told host Piers Morgan. "And now she is undermining her fight entirely, and notice how earlier this week she announced her retirement. So she's done playing," she continued."This is a classic case of virtue signaling. She wants to be seen as kind. She wants to be seen as inclusive, but it is not inclusive what she's fighting for. It's actually exclusive. It's exclusive to the very female athletes who the women's sporting category was created to protect.
Gaines said Rapinoe using her platform to advocate for trans athletes' right to compete in women's sports actually silences those who are critical of the move.
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