British political commentator Piers Morgan blasted Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) during a panel discussion late this week over the swimming champion Riley Gaines, who was recently attacked by radical transgender activists.
The exchange happened on an episode of HBO’s “Real Time” with host Bill Maher as the panelists discussed the incident.
Porter said that she “strongly” disagreed with Gaines, about which Morgan pressed her for more information.
“I, I think that it should be up to sporting bodies to make the decisions about who is actually—” Porter started to respond before being cut off.
“But what has she said that is actually wrong?” Morgan fired back.
“I think that what she has done is tried to turn this, we talked about people becoming, using things to kind of get likes and get clicks,” Porter claimed.
“That’s not what she’s doing,” Morgan responded. “All I’ve seen her do is stand up for women’s rights, for fairness and equality. She actually competed against Lia Thomas, and it was obviously unfair. Lia Thomas, won one of the races in the NCAA championships by 50 seconds against a bunch of biological females who simply couldn’t keep up. That cannot be right. It cannot be fair.”
When Porter said that she thought Gaines was just speaking up for herself, Morgan responded, “I think she’s speaking for pretty much every female athlete in the world.”
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Katie Porter randomly took a shot at Riley Gaines during Maher’s show, claiming the point of Riley’s activism is “Getting likes”
“Riley is speaking up for herself.”
“I think she’s speaking up for pretty much every female athlete in the world” pic.twitter.com/8F5J67vVxb
— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) April 15, 2023
TRANSCRIPT:
REP. KATIE PORTER (D-CA): Nobody, including Riley Gaines, who I disagree with strongly, should be–
PIERS MORGAN, POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: What do you disagree with her? Out of interest.
PORTER: I, I think that it should be up to sporting bodies to make the decisions about who is actually–
MORGAN: But what has she said that is actually wrong?
PORTER: I think that what she has done is tried to turn this, we talked about people becoming, using things to kind of get likes and get clicks.
MORGAN: That’s not what she’s doing. I’ve got no truck to run against personally, but all I’ve seen her do is stand up for women’s rights, for fairness and equality. She actually competed against Lia Thomas, and it was obviously unfair. Lia Thomas, won one of the races in the NCAA championships by 50 seconds against a bunch of biological females who simply couldn’t keep up. That cannot be right. It cannot be fair.
PORTER: That is something that I trust, I think our sporting bodies should be dealing with. And by the way, Riley is speaking up for herself. And that is her prerogative and I respect her free speech.
MORGAN: I think she’s speaking for pretty much every female athlete in the world.
