Gaines, who attended President Biden’s State of the Union on Tuesday as a guest of Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., has been at the forefront of ensuring female athletes have an equal opportunity to perform in women’s sports after she was given no choice but to compete against Thomas, a biological male, in a national swimming competition where the two tied for fifth place. The competition sparked an ongoing debate over transgender females’ eligibility, with critics citing unfair physical advantages like height, muscle mass, and heart and lung size.
“Of course, after NCAA championships, the NCAA then nominated Thomas for NCAA Woman of the Year, so we [they] are celebrating this movement. This is not something that happened by chance on a one-off basis,” she said. “They are encouraging [biological] men to compete in women’s sports.”
Gaines also slammed the White House for promoting “gender ideology propaganda.”
“Honestly, you have all these people all the time tell me how courageous it is to speak to this and how brave I am, but truthfully does it make someone brave to just acknowledge women deserve equal opportunities?” she asked Fox News host John Roberts. “That’s how far we have come as a society and within our culture.”
