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Riley Gaines joined ‘Fox & Friends’ Wednesday morning to respond to rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s personal attacks against her on social media. Gaines addressed the fact that the AOC’s ridiculous rhetoric may work on social media, but it doesn’t fly in the real world, just like the endless virtue signaling from the Democratic Party.
The back-and-forth between Gaines and the AOC began Monday when the Democratic representative tried to mock Gaines’ collegiate swimming career. Gaines collected multiple All-SEC honors while swimming for the University of Kentucky, but was forced to compete against transgender swimmer Lia Thomas at the 2022 NCAA Championships.
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Riley Gaines and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., sparred on social media on October 27, 2025. (Image/Getty Images)
AOC and many of her colleagues do not have a problem with biological males competing in women’s sports.
Gaines, host of OutKick’s “Gaines For Girls” podcast, challenged AOC to a debate during a Monday appearance on ‘The Ingraham Angle,’ to which AOC predictably responded in the most immature way, telling Gaines to “get a real job.” Gaines became a mother in late September with the birth of her daughter, Margot. Gaines explained to AOC that being a mother is the most important and rewarding job in the world.
RILEY GAINES CHALLENGES AOC TO DEBATE AFTER SOCIAL MEDIA SPAT
Riley Gaines is sworn in during a House Oversight Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services hearing on Capitol Hill on December 5, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
During his Wednesday appearance on “Fox & Friends,” Gaines highlighted the ridiculous rhetoric AOC and Democrats continue to spew.
“I’ll never forget going to the joint address to Congress President Trump gave earlier this year, and it was right after they heard a vote to keep men out of women’s sports, where of course every single Democratic senator voted against protecting girls in sports,” Gaines explained.
“It was the most remarkable thing because I walk into that room and I see all the Democratic senators, all the women, wearing pink to stand with women to show how they are the party of and for women, when just the day before they voted against our right to equal opportunity, to safety in our sports, voted against our right to privacy in areas of undress. They are virtue signaling.”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, succeeded Riley Gaines on X. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
OutKick reached out to Ocasio-Cortez for comment, but has not received a response.
