Riley Gaines repeatedly tears into AOC for taking pronouns out of X bio after advocating for trans athletes
Riley Gaines didn’t let Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., off the hook for not using the right pronouns anymore. The congresswoman was the subject of trending conversation on social media on Thursday when X users discovered that she no longer includes her pronouns “she/her” in her bio.Gaines, a former NCAA swimmer and OutKick contributor, got in on the mockery of Ocasio-Cortez on X with multiple posts. “They’ll pretend they never embraced (or even celebrated) the insanity.
Don’t forget who the compliant, virtue-signaling sheep were,” Gaines wrote in response to a post that claimed Ocasio-Cortez took the pronouns out of her bio before May of this year.Gaines later responded to a video that showed Ocasio-Cortez previously apologizing for not including pronouns in her bio next to a photo that showed they were no longer there. “We’re winning and its glorious,” Gaines wrote.Then even later on Thursday, Gaines made one more effort to mock Ocasio-Cortez in a solo post. “How will we know what to call AOC now that her pronouns in her bio are gone?!?!?!,” Gaines wrote. Gaines previously lambasted Ocasio-Cortez for her stance on trans athletes in women’s sports.The Democratic congresswoman has been a frequent advocate for transgender rights and trans inclusion in women’s sports during her tenure.
Ocasio-Cortez recently spoke out against Green Party vice presidential candidate Butch Ware for saying he did not believe trans athletes should play in women’s sports, calling the ticket “predatory.” “AOC says it’s predatory behavior to not want men competing in women’s sports.To AOC, acknowledging biological reality is ‘predatory’ You know what’s actually predatory? Sexualizing children and normalizing pedophilia,” Gaines wrote on X while posting a Fox News Digital article about Ocasio-Cortez’ comments.Ocasio-Cortez has taken a partisan stance in her support of transgender rights and protections. After the Biden-Har...