Riley Gaines Would Like a Word After Nadler and Other Dems Gaslight During 'Save Women's Sports' Hearing

For all their talk of allegedly being the "pro-woman" party, Democrats sure have a lousy way of showing it, as evidenced during a House Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday on marking up pending legislation on saving women's sports, specifically, the Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act.

In an announcement made in February when the legislation was introduced, Rep. Gregory Steube (R-FL) stated "Due to the illogical USA Boxing transgender policy, I introduced legislation to prevent organizations who choose to live in delusion from being recognized by the U.S. Olympic committee."

“We must combat the erasure of women’s sports by standing for truth, reality, safety, and fairness,” Steube also said.

READ (VIP): USA Boxing's Rulebook for 2024 to Allow 'Transgender Women' to Beat Up Actual Women

"Truth, reality, safety, and fairness" were in short supply, though, among Democrats during the hearing, with Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) proclaiming that "men do not compete in women's sports":

.@RepJerryNadler: "Men do not compete in women's sports."

Who wants to tell him about Lia Thomas -- a man, who has competed in women's sports.@Riley_Gaines_? pic.twitter.com/LLjUTzD1jJ
— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) March 21, 2024

Nadler, I should note for the record, has also denied that Antifa exists.

Then there was Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), whose adult child is allegedly "gender-nonconforming," denying that any transgender woman had ever hurt a female athlete:

Men in women's sports haven’t harmed anyone??

I imagine @paytonmcnabb_ would disagree!

This bill is about safety and fairness. How many more female athletes will be injured by men before the anti-women Democrats wake up? pic.twitter.com/uTZFYNzaOz
— Congressman Greg Steube (@RepGregSteube) March 21, 2024

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) claimed instances where trans women athletes had harmed female athletes were "not a thing":

.@RepSwalwell claims it's "not a thing." But here are the facts: @PaulaYScanlan was forced to share a locker room with a man 18 times per week.@Riley_Gaines_, @kyleealons, & many other female athletes were forced to share a locker room with a man at the @NCAA Swimming… pic.twitter.com/skePgB0gjf
— Independent Women's Voice (@IWV) March 21, 2024

As one might imagine, Save Women's Sports spokeswoman Riley Gaines, who is among several female athletes suing the NCAA over their harmful trans policies, had something to say about the rampant gaslighting:

Payton is partially paralyzed on her right side, her vision & memory are impaired, and her sports career ended prematurely because of a man posing as a woman.

Democrats who deny this is happening are evil. https://t.co/x8pzNDmWQ9 pic.twitter.com/1sbufzcAqM
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) March 21, 2024

Ironic he says this on the EXACT 2 year anniversary of this photo being taken. This 6'4" man isn't fooling anyone with any amount of common sense.

2 years ago today I had a fire lit under me and communists like Nadler continue to fuel it. https://t.co/D0xnL1kfL9 pic.twitter.com/jqouIQWCxC
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) March 21, 2024

Payton McNabb also spoke out against what was being claimed by Democrats during the hearing:

"Come on now Jerry, you know that ain’t true! Everyone can see right through your delusion. @RepJerryNadler, your statement is a slap in the face to every female athlete that has suffered from this insane issue."
[...]
"Just getting back from my second doctor appointment this week, a year and a half later, I’m definitely going to have to disagree [with Jayapal]. My life is forever changed because of an injury by a boy. So yeah… men have harmed women in our sports. But as long as your feelings don’t get hurt, right?"

We wrote about McNabb's traumatic experiences as a high school athlete, which she testified about ahead of a North Carolina legislative hearing on a similar bill in 2023, here.

Something important to remember in this debate is that in addition to being injured by trans women athletes, other female athletes like Gaines - as pointed out above - have also reportedly had to endure sharing a locker/dressing room with trans women, some of whom, like Lia Thomas, allegedly had not fully transitioned, according to Gaines:

"...in that locker room we turned around, and there’s a 6’4" biological man dropping his pants and watching us undress, and we were exposed to male genitalia," Gaines said.

"Across the country, women are being forced to share a locker room with men WITHOUT their consent," the Independent Women's Voice also noted.

None of this is okay. It will never be okay, and any legislator - Democrat or Republican - who doesn't agree should be voted out of office as soon as the opportunity presents itself because the future of girls' and women's sports is literally at stake depending on decisions that are made by lawmakers right now.