Riley Gaines slams Democratic 'virtue signaling'

NEWNow you can listen to Pak Gazette articles!

Riley Gaines joined ‘Fox & Friends’ Wednesday morning to respond to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s personal attacks against her on social media. Gaines addressed the fact that AOC’s ridiculous rhetoric may work on social media, but it doesn’t work in the real world, much like the Democratic Party’s endless virtue signaling.

The back-and-forth between Gaines and AOC began Monday when the Democratic representative attempted to mock Gaines’ college swimming career. Gaines earned multiple All-SEC honors while swimming for the University of Kentucky, but was forced to compete against transgender swimmer Lia Thomas during the 2022 NCAA Championships.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON PakGazette.Com

Riley Gaines and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., clashed on social media on Oct. 27, 2025. (IMAGE/Getty Images)

AOC and many of her counterparts have no problem with biological males competing in women’s sports.

Gaines, host of OutKick’s “Gaines For Girls” podcast, challenged AOC to a debate during a Monday appearance on ‘The Ingraham Angle,’ to which AOC unsurprisingly responded in an extremely immature manner, telling Gaines to “get a real job.” Gaines became a mother in late September with the birth of her daughter, Margot. Gaines explained to AOC that being a mother is the most important and rewarding job in the world.

RILEY GAINES CHALLENGES AOC TO DEBATE AFTER SOCIAL MEDIA DISPUTE

Riley Gaines is sworn in during a House Health Care and Financial Services Oversight Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill on December 5, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

During her appearance Wednesday on “Fox & Friends,” Gaines highlighted the ridiculous rhetoric AOC and Democrats continue to spew.

“I’ll never forget attending the joint address that President Trump gave to Congress earlier this year, and it was right after they heard a vote on keeping men out of women’s sports, where, of course, all the Democratic senators voted against protecting girls in sports,” Gaines explained.

“It was the most notable because I walked into that room and saw all the Democratic senators, all the women, dressed in pink to stand with women and show how they are the party of and for women when just the day before they voted against our rights to equal opportunity, to safety in our sports, they voted against our rights to privacy in areas of undressing. It’s virtue signaling, it’s virtue signaling at its finest.”