you could save $700 dollars just by switching. ooooh, i ll look into that. let me put a reminder on my phone. save $700 dollars. pick up dad from airport? ohhhhhh. only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. martha: swimmer riley gaines accusing megan rapinoe of virtual signalling. she said she would support a trans athlete playing on her team even if that means replacing a biological woman. telling time magazine, women sports are being weaponized and the u.s. is trying to legislate away people s full he manty. gaines pointing out the timing of rapinoe s comment. earlier this week, she announced her retirement. she was done playing, this is a
this is a manufactured issue, this issue isn t real, it just happened in women s swimming and that s why riley gaines felt compelled to speak out. look, the reality is, megan rapinoe is not going to defend her position. because, martha, megan rapinoe was on a u.s. woman s soccer team that played against 15-year-old boys in dallas, texas. and got beat 5-2. that s because even boys are better than the u.s. woman. 15-year-old boys. men are bigger, stronger and faster than women. they re going to take away at some point a women s opportunity to compete for a championship. and megan rapinoe i think is cowardly because she s taking this position as riley pointed out just in time to retire. some of us remember when there were not a lot of girls sports to choose from. this movement, title 9, that allowed equality in sports for
classic case of virtual signalling. she wants to be seen as kind and inclusive but it s not inclusive what she s fighting for. ex-exclusive to the very female athletes who the women s sporting category was created to protect. it s not kind to ask a girl to undress in front of a man in the locker room. it s the exact opposite. gains challenging rapinoe on her podcast, gaines for girls, which launches tomorrow on outkick, which is owned by fox. look at this headline, which is also getting some attention today. pandemic fitness trends have gone extreme literally. that links working out too white supremacy and nazis. the original piece here was published back in march of 2022, but msnbc reuped the article on twitter yesterday with that
a locker room, you re exposed and undressing. we were informationed to be there with a man that was doing the same thing. if nothing else, i truly hope how you can see this is a violation of right to our privacy and how some of us are uncomfortable and embarrassed and traumatized by this experience. martha: that was emotional testimony from swimmer riley gaines on capitol hill about having to compete against and share a locker room with a trans athlete born biological male. hours later, u.s.a. columnist nancy armor responded with a tweet about gaines with this. there is a growing cottage industry of women using transgender athletes to become right-wing media celebrities she said. let s bring in caitlyn jenner. former olympian, fox news contributor and founding spokesperson for fairness first a nonpartisan and political action committee fighting to protect women athletes.
ago today. richard nixon signed it in to law. so it s been quite a process. but now, now we re in today s world. title 9 is being used by democrats for more inclusion and adding transgender women in to women s sports and in to title 9. of course, joe biden, who actually that was his first year as a senator in 1972. that s how long he s been around. he voted for title 9. now he s trying to destroy it. martha: anybody that voted about it was vilified back then. now we see these women getting squeezed out. you re right. riley gaines is a courageous young woman. that s why she s getting the attention she s getting. she didn t ask for this recognition but she s stepped up to the plate. thank you so much. have a great weekend.