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Riley GainesFormer collegiate swimmer turned Republican activist does business with Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez New York MP faces personal attacks on social media after claiming he is destroying the country.
Goins, 25, started the feud with Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday after she claimed on Twitter that the United States “Destroyed from within” by New York Congressman as well as New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and Senator Bernie Sanders.
Ocasio-Cortez, 36, responded by insulting Gaines With a personal attack, she told the former collegiate swimmer that if she had “put all this anger into swimming faster,” she “wouldn’t have finished fifth.”
This was a reference to Gaines tied for fifth place at a collegiate swimming meet with lia thomasA transgender woman whose participation in racing Gaines has repeatedly criticized.
Gaines has become an outspoken conservative activist and President Donald Trump supporter, using the momentum of outrage against transgender athletes competing in sports to build a base of like-minded people. In addition to a large social media following, Gaines also has a podcast with Outkick.
Feuding with high-profile people on social media is nothing new for him, especially over inclusive policies. earlier this year, She got into an argument with Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles
Goins didn’t end the dispute with Ocasio-Cortez there.
He replied on xCalled Ocasio-Cortez a “misogynistic idiot” and later moved on fox news show ingraham angle To challenge the New York Democrat to a debate.
“I honestly want to challenge AOC to a debate,” Gaines said. “She can defend socialism; I’ll defend capitalism. She can defend the removal of God; I can defend embracing the Biblical worldview. She can defend child sacrifice; I’ll defend the sanctity of life.”
Ocasio-Cortez Responded to Gaines’ clip on X: “And I would like to challenge this person to get a real job.”
Goins fired back at Ocasio-Cortez, saying lawmakers were “unemployed” due to the government shutdown.
“And I think I’ll take that as a ‘no’ (which is to be expected when your position is indefensible on almost every issue),” Gaines taunted.
conservative activist Continued to hit back at Ocasio-Cortez on XTold the lawmaker that being a mother is “a real job” and encouraged Ocasio-Cortez to be more empathetic after having children. She also reposted statements from other conservatives defending themselves against Ocasio-Cortez.