The swimmer Riley Gaines alleged that trans-rights protesters heckled her at a talk she delivered at San Francisco State University. The protestors were threatened with “legal action” on Saturday, she said.
The cops did nothing to intervene. Even with the presence of the student body president, nothing was resolved. Gaines said to Rachel Campos-Duffy of “Fox & Friends Weekend,” “There will be no penalties until I have something to do with it.”
I will be taking legal action because these people must be made to pay for their wrongdoing.
The former NCAA swimmer and 12-time All-American champion said she was harassed by protesters at a Turning Points USA event on Thursday at SF State. She was discussing the need of welcoming transgender athletes into the female sports community.
Gaines posted a tense video on Twitter showing her being escorted down a hall by security officers as protesters race after them from a classroom.
A demonstrator walks up to her and yells, “Trans rights are human rights!” You transphobic b*tch, “Yeah, I f*cking see you!”
The prisoners are in charge at SF State, she said, adding, “I was hit twice by a man and completely taken by surprise.”
More videos posted online show Gaines being taken away from the protesters and taken to an undisclosed location, where she claims to have been detained for “three hours.”
Gaines said to Campos-Duffy that he believed the violent people he had seen used rage and violence because they were aware that reason was not on their side. When confronted with my arguments, they resort to personal attacks since they are unable to rebut them with proof.
Gaines, a former swimmer at the University of Kentucky, has been vocal in her opposition to transgender women participating in sports that have historically been dominated by women. This is because at a national swimming competition last spring, she and a former Penn swimmer who identifies as trans, Lia Thomas, tied for fifth place.
On Friday, campus police reported to The Post that they had not arrested anyone in connection with the protests.
Another statement from a representative read: “We are still investigating the situation.”
After the event ended, the keynote speaker had to be removed from the room and taken to a safe area outside the building by the University Police Department (UPD).