OutKick podcast host Riley Gaines accuses retiring soccer star Megan Rapinoe of hypocrisy in her defense of trans athletes in female sports on ‘Fox News Tonight.’
Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines called out soccer star Megan Rapinoe for "classic virtue signaling" after she mentioned she would "absolutely" support a transgender athlete on the U.S. women's soccer team.
Gaines joined "Fox News Tonight" Monday to discuss how Rapinoe's remarks are anything but "inclusive," noting the irony of her fight for other aspects of "fairness" in women's sports like pay and resources.
"Not only is she just a high-profile athlete, she's actually someone who fought for women in sports. She fought for equal pay. She fought for equal access, equal resources, all of those things in comparison to the women's U.S. national soccer team, to the men's," Gaines told host Piers Morgan.
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OL Reign forward Megan Rapinoe (15) battles for the ball against Portland Thorns FC defender Natalia Kuikka (14) and midfielder Sam Coffey (17) in the first half at Lumen Field. (Stephen Brashear-USA TODAY Sports)
"And now she is undermining her fight entirely, and notice how earlier this week she announced her retirement. So she's done playing," she continued. "This is a classic case of virtue signaling. She wants to be seen as kind. She wants to be seen as inclusive, but it is not inclusive what she's fighting for. It's actually exclusive. It's exclusive to the very female athletes who the women's sporting category was created to protect. And it's not kind to ask a girl to undress in front of a man in a locker room that is the exact opposite of
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