Riley Gaines speaks at Trump rally to address women's rights amid transgender swimming competitor lawsuit

The former president is on the campaign trail as VP Kamala Harris continues to dodge the media.

OutKick contributor and former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines on Friday made a speaking appearance at former President Trump's rally in Glendale, Arizona, where she declared that she is choosing to vote for Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris, saying, "I'm voting for Donald J. Trump because I am a woman." 

Gaines, the host of the "Gaines for Girls" podcast, was part of a speaking lineup that included Republican Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake and GOP Arizona Reps. Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar and Eli Crane.

Gaines' declaration was in response to Democratic voters who say they are voting for Harris because she's a woman. She then named several issues that mattered to her as a woman voter that she opposes Democrats on. Gaines especially criticized the Democrats' stances on gender-affirming surgery. 

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"They don't believe in school choice; they don't believe in parental rights or the safeguarding of children; they don't believe in freedom unless it's the freedom to have an abortion or chemically and surgically castrate children," she said. "You have one ticket that knows what a woman is and has vowed to take decisive action at protecting our sex-based rights, compared to the other ticket that thinks men can become pregnant and that tampons belong in boys' bathrooms."

Gaines has agreed to testify in Georgia about her experience competing against and sharing a locker room with a biological male, Lia Thomas, alongside four other NCAA All-American women athletes, Fox News Digital reported earlier on Friday.

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Former University of Kentucky swimmer