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Simone Biles is fighting with former swimmer and conservative activist Riley Gaines over her anti-trans comments about a high school student!
The Olympic gymnast slammed Riley on X (Twitter) on Friday night after she went after Marissa Rothenberger, a transgender pitcher for the Minnesota State High School League. The young athlete reportedly helped the school win its first softball state championship by throwing a shutout so the opposing team was unable to score a run.
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It’s an amazing achievement that should be met with praise and celebration. But instead, Riley took it upon herself to unnecessarily comment on a post from the Minnesota State High School League celebrating the big win:
“Comments off lol. To be expected when your star player is a boy.”
WTF.
Riley not only continues to attack the transgender community but she is now going after a high school student. What disgusting behavior. Simone caught wind of her remark and would not stand for it! The 28-year-old gold medalist fired back, saying:
“You’re truly sick, all of this campaigning because you lost a race. Straight up sore loser. You should be uplifting the trans community and perhaps finding a way to make sports inclusive OR creating a new avenue where trans feel safe in sports. Maybe a transgender category IN ALL sports!! But instead… You bully them… One things for sure is no one in sports is safe with you around!!!!!”
Go OFF!
Simone followed up the post by saying, “Bully someone your own size, which would ironically be a male.” Well, the former University of Kentucky student didn’t appreciate the call-out. She responded:
“This is actually so disappointing. It’s not my job or the job of any woman to figure out how to include men in our spaces. You can uplift men stealing championships in women’s sports with YOUR platform. Men don’t belong in women’s sports and I say that with my full chest.”
And Riley did not stop there. She added:
“My take is the least controversial take on the planet. Simone Biles being a male-apologist at the expense of young girls’ dreams? Didn’t have that on my bingo card. Maybe she could compete in pommel horse and rings in 2028. And the subtle hint at ‘body-shaming’ ???? Plzzzz I’m 5’5.”
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