Riley Gaines says liberals are supporting her activism to protect women’s sports: ‘Sick of their own party’

Former college championship swimmer Riley Gaines spoke with Fox News Digital on Capitol Hill after joining Republican lawmakers for the unveiling of their Women's Bill of Rights.

Riley Gaines, the former college championship swimmer who competed against transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, said Wednesday that her advocacy in support of women’s sports has earned "amazing" support among liberals.

"I have gotten messages… from women and men who are lifelong liberals, who once prided themselves, especially women, on the original feminist movement, who are seeing what's happening with the Democrat party now," Gaines told Fox News Digital.

"Just a few weeks ago, all [Democrats] in the U.S. House voted ‘no’ on protecting women and girls in sports," Gaines said. "And these women, they're seeing this and they're fed up."

"The amount of support that I've had from liberal women who, again, consider themselves feminists, is amazing. These are women who are sick of their own party. These representatives are not listening to their constituents, and these women have had enough," said Gaines, who is also a spokeswoman for the Independent Women's Voice.

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Riley Gaines said Wednesday that her advocacy in support of women’s sports has earned "amazing" support among liberals. (Reuters/Go Nakamura)

Gaines also accused Democrats in Washington of "ignoring" women over the Biden administration’s pro-transgender inclusion policies in schools.

"The people in charge, the governing bodies, the representatives, the senators, especially on the left, they are ignoring the demands of women," Gaines said. "We're asking for the bare minimum. We want