In the aftermath of the major announcement of Twitter/X CEO Elon Musk’s “thermonuclear lawsuit” against the left-wing smear merchants at Media Matters for America, a lot of the group’s prior targets have been airing some grievances on the Twitter machine as past MMFA hit pieces resurface in the process.
Among them, is a summer hit article on Save Women’s Sports spokesperson and women’s swimming champion Riley Gaines. She has been on MMFA’s MMFA radar for some while now because she’s a conservative woman who brushes off intimidation attempts from cancel culture mobs like a stray lint.
They claimed in the article that “More than a year since her last race, Riley Gaines built a career as a journalist on the name of the transgender swimmer”:
Gaines appeared 29 times on Fox News between April 2022 to the end of May 20,23, for a combined time of over two hours and forty-eight minutes. More than half of these appearances occurred in the past two months, a year following her victory over Thomas on March 18, 2022. Gaines mentioned Thomas only in 34% of her interviews, and never in the last one month. This shows a thematic expansion that goes beyond the initial event which gave her a platform.
Alyssa Tirrell of the MMFA LGBTQ Program, who wrote the article, alleged that Gaines engaged in a pattern of anti-trans “hate”, disguised as concern about the future of women’s sports. Because apparently, in Tirrell and MMFA’s view, women who are “bested” by someone born a man but who now identifies themselves as female, are too loud and need a little quieting down.
Gaines isn’t a shrinking violet, as we have previously documented. He responded to the allegations by pointing out that Lia Thomas was the one who made a name for herself off of the backs of collegiate female athletes, and not the other way round.
Media Matters says I built my name on Lia Thomas’ back.
No, @mmfa Lia Thomas made a name for himself on OUR backs. The backs of girls and women.
I would happily go back to being a dentist tomorrow if this was all curbed, but I was taught to stand up to injustice when you see pic.twitter.com/rOjkPwnlQO
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) November 21, 2023
Thomas switched to the women’s division when he didn’t do well in the male division.
The numbers are clear. The numbers paint a clear picture.
Gaines has a pinned tweet at the top:
Lia Thomas is not a brave, courageous woman who EARNED a national title. He is an arrogant, cheat who STOLE a national title from a hardworking, deserving woman. The @ncaa is responsible.
If I was a woman working at ESPN, I would walk out. You’re spineless @espn #boycottESPN https://t.co/DF3n5RWsmV
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) March 26, 2023
I believe that says it all.
