Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez read anti-trans pundit Riley Gaines to absolute filth, leading to a very public spat between two figures at the opposite end on the US political spectrum.

MAGA Trump supporter Gaines is a former National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) swimmer and is leading a lawsuit against the NCAA for allowing trans swimmer Lia Thomas to compete. In 2022, Thomas became the first trans woman to win a National Collegiate Athletic Association swimming championship when she came first in the 500-yard freestyle and during the same meet tied for fifth place with Gaines in 200-yard freestyle, who at the time was swimming for the University of Kentucky.

In the years since, Gaines has become a darling of right-wing and an anti-trans pundit , with her activism mainly focusing on

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