Former NCAA swimmer and outkick host Riley Gaines on Wednesday conveyed a message to states defiing President Donald Trump's presidential orders, blocking transgender athletes out of women and girls' sports.
Gaines appeared in Fox News' Story with Martha McCollum, where she praised U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondy for threatening to withhold federal funds and urging states that are not complying with the order.
“The Constitution makes it very clear that federal laws such as Title IX take priority over state law,” Gaines said. “Even if President Trump returns to the White House, the awakened war has yet to win.”
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Bondi's warning on Tuesday that she publicly refused to California, Maine and Minnesota, and they warned that they would lose federal funds if they continued to allow women's sports trans athletes.
Maine has become the battlefield on the issue after a war of words between Gov. Janet Mills and Trump. Additionally, Republican Maine Sen. Laurel Libby was accused of calling the states attention on a social media post calling for transgender high school athletes who placed number one in the Girls Pole Vault Competition.
Laurel Liby pointed out that he pointed out a trans athlete who won the Maine Legislature's inspection officers in the women's competition.
Gaines praised Libby, defended lawmakers and denounced Mills on Wednesday.
“[Mills] “The boys want to lose more than $5 billion in federal funds to send a message that is worthy of trampling on girls in the process and are entitled to trampling on them in the process. And seeing this, women's representatives lose their ability to vote and their ability to speak on the floors of their homes to protect them,” Gaines said.
“No, this didn't happen in Afghanistan. This happened in the US.”
In addition to Democrats in states like Maine and California, the NCAA has been criticized for recent revisions to its gender eligibility policies to comply with Trump's orders. Many critics, including Gaines, have pointed out that the new NCAA policy does not consider revised birth certificates, and that in 44 US states, birth certificates could change gender.
Apparel brand XX-XY Athletics, whose brand ambassador is Gaines, launched a video ad on Wednesday.
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“We have partnered with XX-XY Athletics to release this ad directly to the NCAA with Message (NCAA President) Charlie Baker,” Gaines said. “They announced policies following President Trump's executive order, which they claim to be lined up, but the NCAA policies are directly at odds with Trump's beautifully written executive order.”
Gaines will travel to Minnesota next week to advocate for a state bill that bans trans athletes in girls and women's sports.
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