As RedState previously reported, fireworks were on display last Tuesday during a House Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services hearing where the topic under discussion was "The Importance of Protecting Female Athletics and Title IX."

Among the witnesses who testified was Save Women's Sports spokeswoman Riley Gaines, who is a prominent advocate for preserving women's sports exclusively for biological women and who has testified at numerous state-level hearings in addition to the times she's spoken before members of Congress.

To quickly recap, during her opening remarks, woke Squad member Summer Lee (D-Pa.), the vice-ranking member on the committee, declared that she was sure that a lot of "transphobia" would be on display from some of the speakers. This prompted Gaines to respond accordingly at the end of her own statement by telling Lee that if her remarks made her "transphobic," then Lee's opening monologue made her a "misogynist."

What ensued was Lee, who is a member of the infamous House Hamas Caucus, expressing hurt feelings in trying to get Gaines' comments removed from the record, an incredible censorship attempt she backed down on moments later. For those who missed it, watch:

WATCH: Rep. Lee interrupts @SarahPPerry in an attempt to strike part of @Riley_Gaines_ testimony.

“...we’re likely going to be forced to listen to transphobic bigotry.”

“...if my testimony makes me transphobic, then I believe your opening monologue makes you a misogynist.” pic.twitter.com/UwCUHAvPCa

— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) December 5, 2023

Understandably, the exchange has gotten a lot of attention in the aftermath, with Gaines appearing on Fox News to talk about what happened, and picking up right where she left off:

"They hate when their own intersectional language is used against them."@Riley_Gaines_ joined @FoxNews to discuss her recent testimony before @GOPoversight & what happened after she called out Rep. Lee for saying that being pro-woman is transphobic! pic.twitter.com/fjxphmHCYd

— Independent Women's Forum (@IWF) December 7, 2023

And just days later, Gaines penned an op/ed for the Daily Mail in which she asked the question "When a sportswoman dies at the hands of a male-born trans athlete - will Congress STILL call me a 'transphobe'?"

But this isn't just about unfairness, it's about a grave danger to women's safety.

In non-contact sports like swimming – as with much of cycling – competitors remain in their own lanes, posing little risk to each other. Perhaps that's what makes it so easy for hardliners like Rep. Lee to sneer at my Congressional testimony.

But what about contact sports?

Already, the troubling headlines are trickling in.

In 2021, footage of trans MMA fighter Alana McLaughlin holding Celine Provost in a chokehold, Provost's blood smeared on the floor, shocked the world.

In 2022, 18-year-old Payton McNabb suffered debilitating head and neck injuries after a trans student hit her in the face during a volleyball game in North Carolina.

More than a year later, McNabb is still recovering – suffering impaired vision and partial paralysis.

When will it be enough?

How many female athletes must suffer at the hands of biological males? If injuries like McNabb's won't stop this forward march of insanity in its tracks, must we – God forbid – suffer a death for our cause to be heard?

I pray it doesn't come to that, but unfortunately, that's usually what it takes to get elected officials to pay attention.

I've talked about it with family and friends before. For instance, we've got some terrible intersections here in Charlotte with serious accidents being regular occurrences. The prevailing sentiment here is that city "leaders" only seem to change their tunes on doing something about the dangerous intersections once someone tragically loses their life.

Pathetically, though, when it comes to women's sports, the radical left seems hellbent on going against everything women have fought hard for over the years in the name of wokeness and gender identity political correctness - and women are being seriously injured in the process. 

Thankfully, female athletes like Gaines are unrelenting and are not prone to backing down in the face of attempts at silencing them, which is good news for America and bad news for Socialist Democrats like Summer Lee.

Flashback: Media Matters Feels Wrath of Riley Gaines After Hit Piece on Her Statements About Lia Thomas