Riley Gaines blasts AOC for 'fearmongering' over genital inspection claim

Former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines delivers opening remarks on Capitol Hill about protecting women's sports.

Former NCAA swim star Riley Gaines pushed back on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s claim that women could face doctor exams if biological men are barred from female sports.

Gaines, who is the host of OutKick’s "Gaines for Girls" podcast and the director of the Riley Gaines Center at the Leadership Institute, appeared on "OutKick the Morning with Charly Arnolt" and called the New York Democrat rep’s assertions "uninformed."

"It’s not the case for any state. She was referring to [the] state legislature and that’s the process states are going to go through to determine who is male and female is they’re going to ‘inspect your genitals.’ No, it’s called a routine physical," the former Kentucky Wildcats swimmer said. "It’s something that every athlete, including myself my entire life, has to go through.

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Former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines testifies during a House Oversight Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, December 5, 2023, hearing on Capitol Hill. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

"Certain states check birth certificates and certain [sports] governing bodies [do] cheek swabs, but there is no genital inspection. Actually, the people who had their genitals inspected were the females in that locker room who had a man in that locker room. But that doesn’t matter to AOC or, again, any of the Democratic members in the U.S. House and the Senate or the Biden administration. I certainly agree that was entirely fearmongering. That’s absolutely what that was."

Ocasio-Cortez made her claim during the Tuesday House Oversight Subcommittee on Health hearing,