'This Is Unbelievable-Unbelievable': Hawley Stunned By Riley Gaines Story Of Being Held For 'Ransom'

At Wednesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) spoke to Riley Gaines about her experience at San Francisco State University.
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[@cwcw814]

She was ASSAULTED! And NO ARRESTS WERE MADE. It’s disgusting

[@vergilvalerian3755]

"It was not ideal for (the law enforcement) to be seen as anything other than an ally to these people." ......no words.

[@bepolite6961]

No. It's America. The land of the two tier non justice system.

[@sweetpie7919]

I believe she was punched by a trans woman at one point

[@thatguyedits1920]

​@sweetpie7919 she was punched by a person with the biological advantages of a man

[@bulldozier14]

No, it’s California.

[@midiaz1319]

I tip my hat to Riley who stood up for her rights and for every other woman.

[@michelbarbeau5085]

Thanks God she wasn't attack physically, WHO WOULD REALLY HELP HER

[@jeffryblackmon4846]

@@michelbarbeau5085 The gay-supporting police would not be effective.

[@Foxhoundcharlie]

@@jeffryblackmon4846I would not want those policemen as my colleagues, they are a disgrace and brought shame to the bagde.

[@veredbello7401]

Riley you’re a hero!

[@ZephyrinSkies]

She's a hero in dark times, someone who actually deserves to be called stunning and brave.

[@michelbarbeau5085]

As female and citizen she stood for the truth. is it what we called FREEDOM OF RIGHT

[@carolechapman7857]

In an amazingly calm and lucid way … she is absolutely right in what she has said … the powers that be need to get some common sense and decency!!!

[@georgepoirier9014]

❤God be with her.

[@d.tr6176]

@@carolechapman7857 They need to be replaced; that's what they need.

[@michelbarbeau5085]

@@carolechapman7857 100% right, who will follow the rule of logic. Be what you can be in your own classification. Good day

[@ICUP922]

Someone like Riley should rightly be given “woman of the year” awards, not someone who claims to be a woman for most part of a year ….

[@mollyg4980]

😅😅😅😅

[@thesliceisright]

Totally

[@anakelly76512]

I'm still gonna call him Bruce. 😂

[@michelbarbeau5085]

If so, why is it that nobody else stood by or with her. Good day Just like typical American, you fight for and I am right behind you to support you? WHEN

[@harleyquinn6692]

💯

[@jennylouis60]

So proud of Riley - a lovely human. And she’s 100% accurate.

[@jocelynsamson3389]

Thank you Riley for doing this on behalf of us women. May God be with you. The world is getting chaotic. The senate needs to take an action to fix this before it gets too late.

[@debraallen63]

How will the Senate fix this???? There is NO Political answer to a Spiritual Problem.

[@hisgross]

We men appreciate what she's doing as well. It's just sad the failures of men that have made her have to do so.

[@dennisexplorer487]

@@debraallen63 Well said, God has given them over to a reprobate mind, mentioned in Roman's. Anger is a poison, and once there, hard to come back from. I pray that they repent before it is too late for them, if it isn't too late already.

[@debraallen63]

@@dennisexplorer487 I pray the Same 🙏 I find it hard to understand how Ignorance abounds in this "Age of Information" and God's word (AKJV) available for ALL to Read. I would have Never thought to See the Majority of people WILLINGLY put on a SLAVE MASK 😷 and OBEY so-called "Authorities" and "Experts" on the *Tel-LIE-vision*! Tel-LIE-vision = telling you the Liar's vision and the Liar is Satan. Blessings 🙏

[@mickbond2895]

What senate !?? Are u kidding?? Half of senate are bandits -- against own population !!

[@johnkent5889]

That police department needs to be investigated for not standing up for this young lady and helping her.

[@jimw.4161]

Brave young woman! You so-called feminists should be ashamed for not supporting HER - instead of HIM.

[@Debbie_Bcool]

It could be the young women of today have gotten soft from all the hard work that the older generations did for every woman.They know how to fight for idologies but they don't know how to fight for all women. They don't have a clue in what they could lose. They take for granted what has been accomplished not realizing the consequences of not standing up. The Universities have brainwashed them they just can't see what we all of us as women could lose. And before I get attacked I am talking about women who were born a woman not transgender men. Any transgender man that wants to compete in women's sports is not for women they are against them because down in their hearts they know they are stronger and have more endurance than women do and are only competing because they know they are going to win.

[@larsord9139]

Instead of IT.

[@kelleygreengrass]

Us terfs do

[@RichardRennes]

"feminists"? How about anyone that isn`t evil?

[@Debbie_Bcool]

@@kelleygreengrass Your reaction is so off base without any thought that you could be wrong.

[@veritatemdicam4585]

I cannot believe the emotional blackmail they are putting women through. It is so galling that delusional men get to just come into women's spaces without question. She is a hero. Once one speaks out, it's easier for the others to follow.

[@accountfake1070]

Note well, They did it to themselves. Who was it that was pushing the rhetoric in the beginning ?

[@AliChitax]

@@accountfake1070 well , not women , feminists , those are who began this nonsense , also , it's funny that there's no trans man in men's sports and lockerrooms , it should ring a bell to all the woke stupidos

[@joybeum7177]

Pretending to 'be' a woman makes their propensity to ogle and rape much easier. If a man wants to dress as a woman and claim to be one, they should first b required to lose the male genitalia!

[@billmcghee7680]

@@accountfake1070 absolutely. Started with Feminists allowing female reporters into men's locker room, under the guise of "freedom of speech" , "first amendment," etc. Men were uncomfortable but told to suck it up! Feminists did not want to compromise to even allow "neutral ground" (separate interview room/space), only to have journalists argue that "they would lose the raw emotion of the post game moment" by being denied this intimate access.). Note that male journalists were held to a different, separate "decency standard" when covering women's Title IX sporting events. Surely the same "birds have come home to roost" in the present transgender (biological males competing as females) situation. What is different, though, now, is that Transgender Males are the ones that will not accept compromise (example: competing against other Transgender Males in a separate category). The cries of "follow the science!" are so laughingly only used as "selective influence gain" by separate sides of this issue, THE SIMILAR WAY they were used back in the 1960s/70s in sports. For twisting the First Amendment to obscene gain/lengths. Sure begs the questions, "when does one person's rights take precedent over another's?". And, "does fairness matter!". And, finally, "can compromise ever truly be obtained and/or agreed to? ". *What I find most startling is the Feminist (Title IX Pioneer) absence for women, now, by and large? Where are Gloria Steinem, Gloria Allred, Chris Evert, Billy Jean King, and other women sports icons (and societal heroes) out there actively assisting the brave young Riley Gaines and other biological women, confronting this often dangerous lonely road to true justice? Hello??? Is anybody there? Does anybody care? The words of Pogo still ring true: "We have met the enemy, and it is us!". Just a few lucid thoughts from a simple biological (science verified!) Man.

[@RhinehartGirls]

1000% Riley lived this & has every right to speak up for ATHLETES that are little girls, middle - high school team players & collegiate + BEYOND.

[@butchershoppequartet8690]

I love how calm and confidently she tells her story while her adversaries are incapable of speaking without shouting, screeching, crying, threatening or just refusing to answer the question at all.

[@treasureyourtime]

Good for her for speaking out!! She did a great job expressing what’s on many of our minds.

[@dardend4155]

Calm, savvy and classy; all the things these woke protestors AREN'T. Riley deserves more. You go, girl.

[@patmurphy9025]

It would be so refreshing if more woman were brave enough to stand up against the cannard that people like 'Lea Thompson' are 'woman'.

[@alexandersuarez571]

💯 correct

[@derekcostello1016]

Hate to ask the obvious but ... Why don't Trans have their own division? So trans competing against other trans.

[@shamusteakiawa]

The fact that the school praised the students and said that they handled the situation in a peaceful manner is just downright despicable.

[@jimhaggard7436]

They’re just like the woman to Riley’s left, a chronic non-truth teller.

[@ULTRAMAGAPROUD]

They said it was peacefulbecausethey are democRATs

[@shamusteakiawa]

More like demonic rats, lol

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

I hope they get sued so badly

[@shamusteakiawa]

Yeah, they should be sued for sure.

[@kimbarnes8284]

How frightening, Im shocked to hear what this brave young woman has been through.

[@synaesthesia4183]

So so proud of this woman. ❤️ What an international inspiration and someone to respect and admire. Thank God she's being heard 🙏

[@chrisoneal2718]

Riley Gaines should be Time Person of the Year for what she’s doing

[@PManti2010]

Time is a joke

[@Caelestus59]

No, we're going to get Biden instead, how about throw a Nobel peace prize while we're at it?

[@karenbyrd795]

Amen! I know who Riley Gaines is now and I am proud of her for speaking up for all women!❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@deborahdicembre9579]

agreed...but what are the chances?

[@babyblue_22]

Time WOMAN of the Year would be better imo.

[@jennthurston364]

"Don't talk about it." Those words are the first words their groomers say to their victims. Again victims are silenced.

[@tenniskinsella7768]

We I'm Britain bad enough but y in america what can I say at least our prime minister is trying but your president is encouraging them hope we never get as bad as you

[@jennthurston364]

@@tenniskinsella7768 I know this is no better but, I am Canadian. I do hear you though.

[@GreedyPuppy7]

As a child I was groomed and he would always say 'it's our little secret'. 🤬

[@jennthurston364]

@@GreedyPuppy7 This whole let them into your bathrooms and change rooms screams shut up while we violate Your rights because their feelings yet again matter more than you. I am sorry you had to survive that.

[@peterjermey7235]

She's not a victim. She chose to enter a competition knowing the rules and she chose to use a unisex locker room

[@andrewlindemann1253]

Thank You Riley. I lived in San Francisco for thirty years. Your experience makes me ashamed of the students, police and our mayor.

[@Pantherking916]

The very fact people say that Riley has the courage to stand up and be counted is disturbing by itself when all she is doing is speaking the truth. It's like telling someone they are brave for standing up and saying the sky is blue or water is wet.

[@TRafael82]

People are weird. *Most They just repeat what the other person was saying.. indeed very disturbing. Is gonna have big consequences in the future this behaviour.

[@stanzaloan3454]

Many people lack the courage to speak the truth and the ones admiring her for that are the ones who can't just say it to the world. Its not disturbing its sad

[@MarMaxGaming]

So we have a bunch of men in dresses, holding actual women hostage for speaking on the differences? Absolutely pathetic.

[@markclans3284]

No it’s weirder - it’s women supporting trans women by attacking another woman.

[@waypay1]

Unacceptable.

[@Vickzq]

Thanks to fminism which pushed that _there are no differences_ agenda.

[@CD-vb9fi]

@@Vickzq Yep, they literally "oppose themselves".

[@BoB-th8wm]

Men doing what they have to to be equality treated. What’s your problem with equality? Women can go into a men’s team , kick a ball, then leave. Making sports a joke. Yet this you suddenly care about?

[@wess-cp7vd]

Wokism going to have a very rude awaking when they realize 85 percent of Americans agree with this young lady..

[@momof1576]

They need to be told what’s what in no uncertain terms. We obviously cannot negotiate or budge even an inch because these activists don’t accept limits.

[@DSVN23]

Try 95%

[@bhoxified8932]

They know. They'll target the children and turn them against their parents and older generations.

[@BabyWick351]

@@bi-polarbear3885 idk

[@kogo8107]

They definitely seem to be under the impression that they’re the majority (loudest?) so it would be good to give them a wake up to reality

[@joetrump5844]

You are fighting for the future of my two granddaughters….. And I truly want to thank you for your courage to fight back. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 😎

[@benadam7753]

In a world gone completely fu*king mad. Thank you Riley Gaines for being a voice of sanity.

[@debbierice6023]

I have such deep respect for this woman. She is articulate, knows what she is saying, and is incredibly brave. Her adversaries are showing nothing short of bullying. Please stand firm, Riley!

[@Dan-sc7us]

She's a bigot who should take this up with the NCAA!!

[@thenonexistinghero]

But she still used the term mansplaining which is also a woke term with no meaning. It was basically a meme at first used by dumb women who were 'forced' to listen to their man explaining things when they just wanted something to work... dumb women who didn't understand that they did need a tiny little bit of knowledge to actually have it work since you have to do more than pressing a single button.

[@piths1942]

When Riley Gaines becomes Senator Gaines, and eventually Senate Majority Leader, the Dim-Dem meltdown will be the best thing since Richard Maddow on election night in 2016.

[@peterjermey7235]

She's taken a job campaigning to take away other people's rights

[@chrissheafer]

Not bullying....assault, kidnapping and extortion.

[@biloz2988]

Nobody’s expressing the outrage better than her. Kudos to you, Riley

[@grahamjones5400]

Your right! It's outrageous to tell lazy snowflake Zoom-ers like Riley Gaines to work harder and not be a sore loser. Telling an spoiled brat to accept that "You win some, you lose some" is a part of life is so abusive to Gaines.

[@biloz2988]

Thanks to the 247 likes so far, but we should hear from way more people.

[@biloz2988]

@hermie8735 I totally agree, but this is why the majority is called the "silent" majority

[@michelbarbeau5085]

One finger is weak all the hand have power, USE IT IN FORCE ON YOUR AGGRESSOR. Good day to all of yous ladies

[@dawest767]

I think finally after years of this nonsense, the far left have made so many powerful enemies through their own selfish and stupid behavior, their nonsense gibberish cult ideology is going to fall.

[@brainclots2562]

Amazing young lady! Articulate, classy and true to herself. A role model for young and old alike!!

[@C-JB]

This girl is a HERO! Embrace her! Make her famous,because she is a real patriot! Love you for what you do! Words are not enough so I send yo much love and energy to hold on! Love from the Netherlands ❤❤❤❤

[@raizinboyz]

I don't understand HOW this is even a thing! I'm a 58 year old woman and I remember when Title 9 was passed. I also played sports, I even played baseball and hockey on the boy's team until about 11 or 12 when it became impossible to compete. I played high school softball and I can't even IMAGINE playing against a man....YES A MAN!!!!! This world has gone crazy. Thank you for standing up for all the girls in this country. This is literally erasing so much progress that was made in the 60's and 70's.

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

You don’t even know how bad the damage is. I spoke to an old friend who said there’s no differences between men and women that it’s just how men are raised and if women could do lifting instead of yoga we’d be the same as men… I said so in you’re belief there shouldn’t be gendered prisons and she said no! I had to stop responding cause she was so delusional

[@denisedevoto5703]

We are the same age. It is heartbreaking that this administration has negated Title IX. We are gping backwards at warp speed.

[@rachellandry3116]

Im a pentagenarian as well. Gen X.... I saw this creeping gender identity pseudoscience early on, in the children's media.... Kermit the Frog singing with Nina West was the tipping point for me.... Ive been on a decade long WILD RiDE, down many rabbit holes and back to tell the tale. This is the result of extreme incime inequality and a delusional moneyed class.Decades of building extreme income inequality.... And a society bought and sold to Mammon .... Its left us with a big city society out of touch with reality, and hell bent on making us comply with their disease. Shame is pride. Jennings family has been touted on TLC for over a decade. This started in places like Epstein's Manhattan mansion... The BIG CLUB that George Carlin warned us about. Is swinging their big club... at women and children.... u fight them by hilding ur ground. Woman is adult human female. Never cede that word to the Abracadabra fainbow cvlt. They seek to destroy life... they rage... and call it love. Be vigilant.

[@AndreAnyone]

we will HUNTdownthisTRANSfreak !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Dan-sc7us]

Aren't you even interested in hearing the other side!?! Can't you see that this is a GOP talking point, and it is TAINTED!!

[@ptommo1543]

Protect this woman at all costs. She’s brave this day n age. ❤

[@sharontomlinson2252]

I'm sorry she had to go through this. For speaking the truth. The world's gone mad.

[@YazminM2222]

Thank you, Riley! 🙏🙏🙏

[@michellem8284]

Wow! She is calm. She is intelligent. And she knows her facts. Riley Gaines is a hero and role-model for all young girls.

[@horseman4now]

She's a true Christian. God shines through her.

[@cortransport]

She is a good woman.

[@aimeezimpfer4770]

Women need to rise up and protect their rights!

[@johnmansell5097]

We all need to male and female.

[@rah1721]

And where are all the women and the FEMINISTS protesting these outrageous denials of women's rights?

[@elisemcuk9808]

Not just women, men too and show their support to women for a change.

[@wyleecoyotee4252]

We have been for the last 80+ years

[@Vickzq]

And to drop supporting modern fminism nonsense which lead to this.

[@mzB321]

Justice For All ⚖️

[@tena9116]

This young woman is the very definition of courageous!!!

[@michaeldauphin7129]

Frankly disgusting what that university did to their student athletes.

[@veritatemdicam4585]

Fairly representative of our academic institutions these days

[@michelbarbeau5085]

One solution!!! All athletes stop competing. It would worth doing SO. Good day

[@johnk7187]

@michelbarbeau5085 not only was your comment illiterate it was moronic at the same time.

[@eriegirl9007]

A modern day hero for women's right! I applaud this young woman!

[@dennisjohnsen7297]

In what way do you consider her to be a hero?

[@SY_88]

@@dennisjohnsen7297She's going against the majority and speaking out against biological men competing in women's sports.

[@gondorianslayer4250]

​@@dennisjohnsen7297so you are jealous trans boy?

[@TimeladyV]

She's right and that's what makes the haters want to pull her down. She is the hero we need right now.

[@joannehume7590]

@@dennisjohnsen7297why are you questioning a comment someone made? Do you disagree with all that young woman said??

[@growguy1451]

Now that is a REAL woman! Kudos for speaking up! 🎉 👌

[@gracesouthern7687]

Outrageous!!! #🙏🙏🙏4America 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@ceciliapreziose3783]

why is she alone......all her teammates should be there too

[@nickrenshaw4733]

WOMAN of the year!!! What a role model to young girls that haven’t already been indoctrinated. Her entire time speaking at this Senate Judiciary Hearing should be shown in schools. Do you think that will happen? I think not! From this moment in history she should be known as “the woman’s champion”.

[@MrBeast-1]

I couldn't agree more - women are for breeding and cooking. Nothing less, nothing more!

[@hewhofightsforgodeveryman3942]

Nope! They'll most likely give it to a rainbow soldier....

[@seventieslove8783]

Absolutely!! 👍💯

[@cinta3805]

Well as long as people vote for woke democrats then it will not happen.

[@suzetteboothe8370]

Thank you Riley for standing up Fir God Almighty righteous principles.🙏 I applaud you for your courage and integrity ❤❤

[@groshan]

I commend Ms. Gaines for standing up for issues that are very difficult for most to articulate as bravely as she has. ❤❤😊😊

[@deanbryant3176]

It's disgusting what happened to her. When are the American people, as a whole going to stand up AGAINST these types? That's nearly as despicable

[@killmenow6663]

Why don't the male athletes support their female counterparts? Why don't they boycott these sports until the heads of these sports are fired and dismissed?These are rhetorical questions, obviously. The powers that are pushing this have made it clear that anyone not 'going along' will have their futures destroyed for being transphobes and other ridiculous claims. We know that the heads of these sports will not back down. They must be removed and NEVER be given any power over anyone again. Where are the lawsuits over biological males being allowed to undress in front of young women?! This is sexual assault, plain and simple! I'd love to see one of the actual girls report the men to the police and have them charged with sexual assault and indecent exposure. Maybe that would start the ball rolling. Maybe both of them.

[@michelbarbeau5085]

Don't forget it's not of their business until something happen to them. Good day

[@dawest767]

The left engages in constant terrorism, and everyone is afraid.

[@miketholen6208]

It's the day that people say enough is enough and realise trans rights dont mean more than anyone elses. Currently colleges and law enforcement alike are just avoiding it because of the backlash because they will be instantly attacked by this fuckin trans mob. Anyone who speaks out against it is automatically labelled anti-trans. What started with a needed movement towards fair rights for everyone has become manipulated, warped, and taken advantage of by individuals who feel they should get more than everyone else, the "victim" role personified. This doesn't speak to all trans people at all, but there is clearly a small portion of them that are taking advantage and are not being punished in anyway, its fucking infuriating. When do we say enough is enough?

[@lucaoro192]

Brave for Riley to speak out. Our societal culture is quickly decaying

[@Redeemed.of.YHVH.thru.Christ]

That’s what moral bankruptcy does to a society, and the “powers that (shouldn’t) be” KNOW that. It’s all by design. It’s paving the road to full Communism in America. People need to understand the role of classes like “oppressed” groups in establishing a Communist regime. The kicker is, these “oppressed” groups are actually the “privileged” class, as they have all the rights, while the ones who are labeled as “privileged” are actually “oppressed”, because they don’t have any rights. It’s the inversion of truth that Communism is built upon.

[@mustangracer5124]

As per the plan.

[@Soyuz2578]

"what's good will be bad and what's bad will be good"…... It's all in the good book

[@peterjermey7235]

It's not brave to be paid to lobby against LGBT rights

[@saif_ak_comedy]

Sorry to say, *decayed

[@Ainzleeriddell]

Love and respect from Australia…

[@rayallan8481]

Im a father with 3 girls, the pc police need to take 2 steps back and understand what thay have done.

[@jackiecarter5193]

What she is describing is fascism. Its classic fascism and we all remember where that can lead. She is talking about protecting womens right to safety, their rights to privacy. She is talking about slightly more the 50percent of the human race, the sex that gives birth to the nest generation and future generations. Once we forget to protect and honour women , we are lost as a species.

[@virginiahunt357]

I believe that is the agenda. The downfall and demise of the species. There are a few People on earth who are working toward that end. They call it , Saving the Planet.

[@thesunnycmoreno8463]

But people are not forgetting to respect women, they are deliberately not acknowledging women!

[@montamiddleton9318]

@@thesunnycmoreno8463 Keep on supporting republicans like trump and DeSantis and it will get worse than you can imagine. Stepford Wives anyone? Not me.

[@renatebaumgartner2921]

@@thesunnycmoreno8463 I believe there is a war being waged against us, and those who are waging it are not confused at all as to how many genders there are. They must be very powerful to orchestrate this whole thing and they definitely have an objective, but I have no idea what that might be. We must be a threat to their agenda though for why would they want to erase us?

[@TheTweetybird1122]

Go Riley for sticking up for those who can't. Holding her ransom is embarrassing & criminal. This trans debate is undoing everything of women's rights!

[@wherermytacos5903]

Lia Thomas has been beaten by several biological females and her record pre hormone therapy is the same distance from the male NCAA record as her best time post hormone therapy is from the female NCAA record (both almost equally considerably lower). That’s worth exploring and conservatives are completely ignoring this point

[@haydeecolon7868]

@@wherermytacos5903 he can defend himself. He is a tall and strong man.

[@syrianshadow]

Even when hormone levels are down, there is still a huge advantage for biological males! Muscle mass, body shape, stamina are all in favor of males. Why don’t we see biological women who identify as men fighting to be a part of men sports?

[@thiruvetti]

@@wherermytacos5903 IMO, Calling out a Biological man going against nature using plastic surgery is not being "conservative". Its being practical.

[@cloudb.1071]

Everyone can stand their ground against these people. Problem is, nobody wants to, out of fear. Riley here is a real hero, the real deal.

[@CastleMaster_42]

Bless you Riley

[@reginabramlett4297]

You went through all of that and you continue with your fight. That is what Heros are. Don't sell yourself short. So proud of the woman you are

[@elainecoyle2704]

School should be sued

[@splitraven7060]

Oh absolutely!! I whole heartedly agree

[@OMERTA7337]

TEAM RILEY ❤️💪🇺🇸❤️💪🇺🇸❤️

[@Amy-kj8nd]

Thankyou for being on the front lines I pray wisdom and protection for you thankyou fir speaking for us

[@user-su8qw9dw6d]

Thank God for Riley Gains

[@keithseidel2970]

Thank God for this young lady, fighting up for the rights of real women

[@pab4978]

And granddaughters and great granddaughters.

[@liliacastaner5243]

❤

[@PeaceIsYeshua]

I’m SO impressed with Riley!!! She is brave, courageous, poised, incredibly well-spoken, and classy! What an amazing role model for women today. 🎉

[@georgepoirier9014]

❤❤ God bless her and protect her always. ❤❤

[@PeaceIsYeshua]

@@georgepoirier9014 Amen!! 🙏🏻

[@KerryHower]

Couldn't agree with that statement more

[@Kindred500]

The left woke could never!

[@affiliateincomegirl]

totally agree! she is free to speak on my behalf on this subject!

[@angelaegan7511]

Hawley and Gaines, never give up. You are needed and appreciated. ❤

[@rovinrona1251]

Brave lady, not afraid to stand up. Come on, we need to get not behind her, but beside her.

[@karenhill3970]

How DARE this happening.....Miss Gaines rights are being absolutely taking away from Her and every other young woman coming up....this has got to stop.!

[@bubbak435]

she ain't lyin.. I agree with her... word for word

[@uttanutta2318]

Riley you keep speaking and dont hide like they want you too. ❤❤

[@roshanakroshanaie]

this pisses me off how far has society gone down

[@vix1308]

Riley's words are thoughtful and powerful. Thank you Riley.

[@aimeeaimee2375]

Hold the line, Riley! Women and girls everywhere admire you SO much for your courage and tenacity! We ❤ you!!! 🇺🇲

[@bucketree]

Internationally as well Kia Ora from New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@revolverrambles]

She’s gonna lose more swim races to dudes cause she sucks. Thanks feminism, clown world is great.

[@suzymarshall4898]

We have your back Riley!!!! Thank you for saying what needs to be said! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@jeremydauzat4665]

Men do too.

[@plantmillionsofteees5676]

Absolutely, we men do too. Strong men love, respect, appreciative & admire strong women … and Riley Gaines is such a strong young woman!!

[@cryptical1394]

She is our HERO!

[@MMR-BR]

Very brave, please continue to be strong❤

[@anthonyreckitt9473]

Brave intelligent woman. I hope she starts to get the support she deserves

[@georgepoirier9014]

Dear God, please, please, please help us.

[@heatherballantyne]

What a lady she’s awsome

[@dibright1445]

You go Riley Gaines. I was beyond impressed with how eloquently you answered questions and your story that’s horrifying. I just can’t understand why those people think that it’s okay to show their little bit of junk in a women’s dressing room, bathroom and far more having to shower with them, ick. I don’t really care if they want to be someone else, someone they can’t and never will be. Our values are stronger because of your speech of the abuse that you had to endure. Sadly they think that because they “believe” what they are doing is okay and so should we. Next time, hopefully there won’t be a next time, turn and ask the man if that’s all he’s got? Maybe there’s more than one reason they can’t stand to be who they were born to be. Get help because one day you will regret something you can’t take back. I hope and pray for our youth that they can have the life they deserve and worked so hard to achieve. In my opinion, you won the gold medal 🥇 ❤

[@user-iz6sp6pe1r]

You go Riley you speak the truth 👏❤

[@cathyreece9914]

Thank you Senator Hawley for bringing light to this! I found it outrageous that a male is undressing in female lockers room- not to mention that his eyes are watching the women undress. Can you imagine the cheerleaders for a professional football team barging into the locker room of the football players. What is wrong with this upside down world.!Why do we even have to talk about this? We need a law outlawing this!

[@montamiddleton9318]

Have you any idea what it's like to be a cheerleader for pro football teams? Do you have any idea what trans means. Girl please, educate yourself before you comment on the subject.

[@franzosisch5965]

@montamiddleton Trans in what delusional people that think they can change their gender call themselves. Stop supporting the lunacy. Join the sane world.

[@modernhermit_]

Stop tolerating those crazy men just to make them happy. Protect women.

[@lsmith992]

Yeah. Men who visit the gynaecologist because they think that declaring they are now a woman means that they are women. Men who think they can have babies. Men who think they are having their period because they have a bad stomach that day. And so on. Men who think that being female is about a costume that they can wear. Put on a dress, make up, nails etc and whoopee there you are.

[@cindynapier3039]

I pray the University of Ky stood up for Riley!! Love her for standing up for young women and girls in sports ❤

[@u.s.aarchangelforgod3679]

My Girl Riley good Job Brave heart

[@freshstrt3140]

Bless this woman and her strength and her incredible bravery. What an absolutely incredible woman. What a strong intelligient confident and courageous woman. Bless her. Bless her speech. Bless her safety. Bless her rights.

[@raulmartinez3286]

Hand her the woman of the year award; for standing up to the stupidity going on right now in our society. We need more women like her. 🙏

[@ProfessorGroyper]

you can always transition into a women like her

[@SY_88]

@@ProfessorGroyper😭

[@omgbaybuhhh]

THIS is real feminism❤

[@1KJO]

Oh man, sick people in a sick world. Useful idiots pushing the decoy agenda whilst WEF play the music. Ignore the sound being created, it's only a distraction. Riley Gaines, stick to your convictions, I salute you. Thank you for your courage, honesty and true femininity.

[@revolverrambles]

No we don’t she’s just a feminist going on a victim tour for victim bucks. We need actual women behaving like actual women

[@debbielenix]

I have much respect for you. Thank you, we all need to stand up and speak out. Sorry you are going through this.

[@selampeace4261]

Riley you are Amazing! you are our figer of a blessed woman God bless you 🙏

[@monalisa2662]

Riley Gaines is an American Hero... God bless her every breath... every step. I am from San Francisco and saddened by the mentality there now. The social culture there appears so small minded and intolerant of different opinions from their own (no civil discussions) which comes from a place of extreme ignorance and poor miopic intelligence. Those involved with this ridiculous circus should be help in contempt. Why isn't the media all over this??? What a pathetic symptom of ignorance and inequality! America is being run over by insanity and insensitivity. We need more Riley Gaines!

[@peterjermey7235]

Imagine you're an LGBT person. You've experienced prejudice and exclusion your whole life so when you go to choosing a university you choose one with a clear policy and record of welcoming people like you. Then Republicans send activists to your university and home to try to stir up other students to hate you, to say you should not be allowed to use university facilities, to say you are the problem with America. In that situation do you think you should be allowed to protest the Republican activist or do you have to shut up and take it?

[@yizudien1696]

It is interesting that she doesn't need to read her messages like soo many people from the other side. She has it in her head, speaks clearly and can react when questioned.

[@harrietwhitmer3217]

You are amazing and brave!! Thank you for fighting for women and children rights!

[@molliestanton2869]

Riley Gaines is so smart-a perfect messenger to society, as an athlete, having lived this. She so deftly analyzed what the coach was saying.

[@wvuhoss15]

This woman is brave and a hero. The world needs more like her.

[@knblutz]

Someone better step in soon. That group that harnessed and held hostage Riley hostage …shoulda all been arrested or at least thrown out of building. Why why didn’t they protect her and the university police. What a shame. I watch with such sadness for our “Democracy” which is no where to be seen. I’m in Canada worrying for my life!

[@TheRealDrJoey]

Because the Idiocracy has been entrenched in San Francisco for decades now.

[@Sewtangle]

I’m willing to bet that the people that did this to Riley are some of the same people behind an ANTIFA mask and were probably PAID PROTESTORS!!!! Wouldn’t surprise me AT ALL!

[@cutiepie83759]

Riley is suing! And in Canada, get Trudeau out!

[@TheRealDrJoey]

@@cutiepie83759 Let's hope he doesn't live to be 90, like Dear Old Dad, Fidel.

[@mechghost5742]

@@cutiepie83759if only it was that simple. Unfortunately most Canadians lean left to far left, our “extreme right” is a Center/Center right position in the USA. Plus we have multiple parties on the left vs 1 centrist and 1 Center right party, plus a French-supremacist party. Numbers just aren’t there to oust PM Blackface

[@kimberlystringer3281]

Yes!!!!❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@mistytaylor5979]

Gaines & Hawley are phenomenal!

[@dangremillion]

No person who had a "package" or has a "package" should be allowed into a womens bathroom or lockeroom or allowed to compete against women (born without a package). Plain and simple.

[@paulinski191rh6]

I wish this nonsense was in play when I was in high school. Creeping on the ladies all while being called stunning and brave

[@Funsoul8]

You mean Penis not Package..

[@Not_all_as_it_seems]

Why has the world gone against all basic womens freedoms, rights & personal safety for a fringe aspect of the community? I am embarrassed for our specie. Keep going Riley!! You are the voice of reason, with an air of leadership this world needs!! So proud of you!...pardon the pun

[@beverlylacrone6316]

You need to understand that the source of alll this sex and gender nonsense all originates from the pit of hell.This is a spiritual battle. Satan's plan is to Destroy the familial order established by God in Genesis.Male-Female..marriage..be fruitful and multiply. We are made in God's Image..Satan hates that and hates God.Especially His Son Jesus.

[@notduhpopo]

What pun?

[@atticuswalker8970]

Because that's all republicans have left to complain about.

[@spamgarbage6999]

You can lump republicans in there too as they will make women be on their deathbeds with sepsis bf theyll remove a dead fetus from their wombs. So its everyone against women now. Liberals used to be pro women now no one is

[@BW022]

It's not the world, it's the leftist using identify politics. We know where this leads. You pit one group against another to gain power. Only, when you gain power that way, you need another group to go after, then another, and another, until you destroy yourselves. The Communists first went after the monarchy, then nobility, then the wealthy, then the educated, then the Jews, and then turned on the workers, farmers, etc. Same with the Cultural Revolution, the Cuban Resolution, Venezuela, etc.

[@Steven-zq6pu]

Good for her. The way that young women has been treated is fucking despicable.. Much love and respect from England.

[@JB-xn6sf]

I'm glad to see her speaking out. She cannot be the only one. All real women need to start getting our loud voices. This isn't about hate. It is about privacy and respect. It is about fairness in sports, jobs, awards, etc. T+needs to stay away from our kids.

[@nelleellen8206]

Riley is such a strong and intelligent Woman! We need more young women like her standing up for Women. I praise her, thank heavens for Riley. She's not throwing a tantrum, she's being civil and speaks her mind in an eloquent manner.

[@mollyswanner1607]

Right! And I keep wondering, where are all of the real, strong women in the world that have the platform to speak FOR REAL about this? .....they don't want to for some reason.

[@DMC2983NL]

@@mollyswanner1607 most fear from those idiotic crazy rioters doing harm, and can say i don't blame them for that. but country goes down by their fear off being harmed or canceled.

[@patmurphy9025]

@@mollyswanner1607 Apparently too many woman are AFRAID to speak the TRUTH for fear of social rejection by our warped society. When a female SCOTUS nominee says she can't answer what a woman is because she's not a 'scientist'....you know we're all screwed up.

[@darrenwilliams2921]

@@mollyswanner1607 because they will be met with violence against them , even lesbians .

[@Floss653]

Build stalls for privacy in bathrooms, then everyone will be happy.

[@dagnydo2472]

Pay attention my friends, this is what REAL bravery looks like! I am so happy that women like Riley are standing up tall and speaking out. Can you imagine the sheer terror she must've felt in that room? Can we imagine how this would've gone if this had happened to Lia Thomas? Heads would have rolled. This is disgusting behavior that should have a much larger consequence. Even still, I have faith, the tides are a changing. 😊

[@archimedesscrew3710]

Well said....

[@bswogger4656]

Thanks.

[@jstamaria9379]

Bravo Riley!! We stand by you-for women’s rights to privacy!

[@ProfessorGroyper]

men can be women too!

[@mofopeolaleye8187]

@@ProfessorGroyper Please tell me you're joking?

[@taradaniels6157]

She is doing what all biological women should do, fighting for our rights as women, and the fact that we are even having these discussions, just shows how far the human race has fallen, give them there own stuff, and leave our stuff alone.

[@theskidmarkoforion4829]

Men should be fighting for women’s rights. This is insanity. Off the scale . Almost like a new religion. Scrub that. It is a new religion

[@ghost-ez2zn]

*their

[@taradaniels6157]

@@ghost-ez2zn you could have kept scrolling, but thank you anyway....

[@trulytservices8028]

Male athletes need to protest for women too! NBA, NHL, NFL...

[@davidchilton8686]

These are the quality's that leaders are Made of. Brave lady

[@df6265]

Tell 'em Riley. ❤❤❤