Re: Riley Gaines 'ambushed and physically hit' after Saving Women's Sports speech at San Francisco State

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Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines was barricaded in a room at San Francisco
State University Thursday night after she was physically assaulted
following a speech to students about saving women's sports at a Turning
Point USA and Leadership Institute event on the campus.

Louis Barker, Riley's husband, said he had brief conversations with her
while she was barricaded in the room for nearly three hours.

"She told me she was hit multiple times by a guy in a dress. I was
shaking. It made me that mad. It makes me sick to feel so helpless about
it," Barker said. "She was under police protection and was still hit by a
man wearing a dress."

On Twitter, Gaines shared footage she took showing her being rushed out of
the venue by police officers amid an onslaught of verbal attacks from the
detractors who surrounded her.

ATHLETE RILEY GAINES PROTESTED AT UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: 'I'M DOING
SOMETHING RIGHT'

"The prisoners are running the asylum at SFSU...I was ambushed and
physically hit twice by a man," Gaines wrote in the tweet. "This is proof
that women need sex-protected spaces. Still only further assures me I'm
doing something right. When they want you silent, speak louder."

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While Gaines spoke to the students, many of whom expressed opposition to
her viewpoints, other footage from the event showed the swimmer's remarks
being drowned out by a group of pro-trans protesters who had become
increasingly loud outside the room.

"Tonight, Riley Gaines spoke at San Francisco State University to share
her personal story of competing against a biological male athlete, Lia
Thomas, at the Women’s NCAA Swimming Championships last year," Eli Bremer,
Gaines' agent, said to Fox News Digital in a lengthy statement.

"In the past year, her goal in speaking at universities has been to
educate her peers about her experience and what the impact of the growing
number of biological males in women’s sports will do to the integrity of
Title IX. She has been questioned in civil and somewhat uncivil manners
about her views many times, and she thoroughly encourages diverse
viewpoints and debate on this issue.

"Instead of a thoughtful discussion tonight at SFSU, Riley was violently
accosted, shouted at, physically assaulted, and barricaded in a room by
protestors. It is stunning that in America in 2023, it is acceptable for
biological male students to violently assault a woman for standing up for
women’s rights.

"This will not stop Riley from boldly educating people of the dangers of
biological males in women’s sports. She will continue to speak the truth
against the radical left that no longer understands the difference between
men and women."

SWIMMER RILEY GAINES SLAMS ESPN FOR LIA THOMAS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
SEGMENT

Riley Gaines protest San Francisco
Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines was barricaded in a room at San Francisco
State University after she says she was assaulted while speaking at a
college event put on by a popular conservative organization.
Footage shared to social media by Golden Gate Xpress, the school's
student-run newspaper, showed a small protest emerge ahead of Gaines'
arrival at the school Thursday evening.

Other pieces of footage from the outlet showed the protest growing in size
– eventually becoming so chaotic that Gaines was escorted out of the room
and down a hallway by police and barricaded in a separate room.

While she was being moved to a safer location, protesters were captured on
video chanting various phrases along the lines of "go the f--k home" and
"trans women are women" while placing transgender flags on the school's
walls.

The outlet also shared images showing some members of the TPUSA staff
being held up and escorted out of the venue amid the protests. Chris
Trudell, the assistant dean of students, was reportedly seen trying to
deescalate the situation.

The University Police Department (UPD) at San Francisco State University
issued the following statement to Fox Friday morning: "We are conducting
an ongoing investigation into the situation. There were no arrests related
to the event. The disruption occurred after the conclusion of the event
which made it necessary for UPD officers to move the event speaker from
the room to a different, safe location."

In a statement to Fox News, a TPUSA spokesperson said the counter-protest
to Gaines' speech was "organized by SFSU’s Queer and Trans Resource
Center."

The spokesperson said the rowdy protesters outside the room "rushed in
when the event was over."

Riley Gaines at the Swimming and Diving Championships
Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines swims the 200 Butterfly prelims at the NCAA
Swimming and Diving Championships on March 19th, 2022 at the McAuley
Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Gaines, a 12-time All-American swimmer, became a national figure when she
objected to trans swimmer Lia Thomas participating in women’s sports. Many
athletes, such as former Olympian Nancy Hogshead-Makar, have warned that
biological males have a clear advantage over biological women when they
compete.

The swimmer also serves as a spokeswoman for the Independent Women's Forum
IWF), which condemned the incident via social media just hours after it
took place.

"Riley was violently accosted, ambushed, and physically assaulted during a
speech on sex discrimination women face in their own single-sex sports
category," said Victoria Coley, vice president for communications at
Independent Women’s Forum. "Riley is courageous in speaking up for truth,
science and common sense. She has experienced firsthand the injustice
female athletes face across America in their own sport."

It is unclear whether any arrests were made by law enforcement officers
following the alleged assault.

The San Francisco Police Department did not immediately respond to Fox
News' request for comment on the situation.

Comments:

Marty
1 day ago

These kids going through our universities come out thinking that men
should compete in women's sports. This is why when someone tries to argue
that they know what they're talking about because they have a degree, you
should laugh at them. Everyone has to take basic biology in college, and
they come out thinking men don't have an advantage in sports.

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