Riley Gaines slams Lia Thomas in latest flare-up over trans school athletes trends now
Former college swimmer Riley Gaines has slammed her controversial trans rival Lia Thomas after Thomas called on President Biden to let transgender student athletes compete against their chosen gender unimpeded.
Gaines tweeted: 'This take is selfish and shows an utter disregard for women. The Biden Administration is actively and aggressively working to pass laws that erase decent and fair treatment for women in sports,' tweeted Gaines in response to the video.
'Are you really trying to say you would have won a national title against the men? Does it not break your heart to see women lose out on these opportunities,' wrote Gaines.
'The Biden Admins [sic] proposed bill denies science, truth, and common sense.'
Gaines was left disgruntled after Thomas appeared in a video slamming Biden's proposal to alter the current Title IX civil rights law, which prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools.
She said trans athletes should be allowed to compete in school contests without exception.
Biden's planned change prohibits schools from imposing blanket banks on trans athletes in kindergarten through eighth grade.
But it does give high schools schools the authority to ban trans athletes from competing if they feel there are clear issues around fairness, which are far more likely to arise with trans girls who have gone through male puberty.
Thomas caused a frenzied reaction across the sporting world when she won the Ivy League and NCAA Championships competing against biological women.
Gaines, a former University of Kentucky swimmer, tied with Thomas on one race, and has since become a prolific commenter on the issue of trans sportswomen.
Former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines slammed transgender swimmer Lia Thomas for endorsing a Biden Administration proposed bill that would amend title IX to protect trans athletes
In the roughly 90-second clip, Thomas says that the administration's rule doesn't go far enough in its protection of transgender athletes.
The bill, which is an amendment to Title IX - the federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex -
