Riley Gaines slams Dems as SCOTUS set to hear arguments on women's sports cases

OutKick host Riley Gaines joins 'Fox & Friends Weekend' to weigh in on upcoming Supreme Court cases involving women's rights in sports.

Riley Gaines delivered a poignant message to Democrats who have supported transgender athletes against the efforts to protect women’s and girls’ sports as major Supreme Court cases loom.

Gaines, an OutKick podcast host and a former NCAA star swimmer who has fought to keep males out of women’s and girls’ sports, appeared on Fox News Channel’s "Faulkner Focus" and suggested those who are opponents of the save women’s sports movement were doing girls, like her daughter, a disservice.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Riley Gaines speaks during the 10X Ladies Conference on Aug. 15, 2025 in Aventura, Florida. (Ivan Apfel/Getty Images)

"The past three months now, it’s shifted my perspective on everything. The things you thought you would never care about, they feel critical," Gaines said. "Things that, at one point, you cared very deeply about, they seem mundane. I’ll tell you, my daughter … she will be right here with me tomorrow on the Supreme Court steps because that is who we’re fighting for.

"So, all these Democrats who think they’re giving President Trump a middle finger by taking the opposite side of this issue, that’s not who you’re giving the middle finger to. You are giving the middle finger to my 3-month-old daughter and, honestly, it could bring tears to my eyes even talking about this. That is who I’m fighting for."

Supreme Court justices will hear arguments in the cases of Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J. on Tuesday.

Idaho and West Virginia are among almost 30 states with laws preventing transgender students who identify as female from competing on