Riley Gaines claps back at accusations she spread violence at SFSU event

‘Outnumbered’ panel discusses Riley Gaines pursing legal action after she was attacked at a San Francisco University event.

Riley Gaines, a former NCAA champion swimmer who was "barricaded" in a San Francisco State University classroom amid a violent scene involving pro-transgender protesters, responded to a memo from the Associated Students chapter president Karina Zamora addressing the incident.

Zamora said in the memo that Gaines’ event, sponsored by Turning Point USA, "promoted discriminatory rhetoric towards trans women athletes." Zamora apologized to the students who were met with a police presence despite the chaos that took place at the event.

"I, as President of Associated Students, condemn and stand against the hateful rhetoric and promotion of violence spread by TPUSA and Riley Gaines as well as the confrontational behavior of the behest of Campus Administration," the memo read.

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Swimmer Riley Gaines is barricaded in a room at San Francisco State University after she says she was assaulted while speaking at a college event put on by a popular conservative organization. (Riley Gaines via Twitter/Getty Images)

"As President of Associated Students and on behalf of the organization, I call on President Lynn Mahoney and her administration to hold themselves accountable and host a community forum to hear how damaging these tactics have been to our student body. I call on campus administrators to work with our students and community to revisit and amend current policies and practices to uplift student voices and protect our student body, including transparency in publicly sharing with the AS Board of Directors how the university plans to move forward with a