Riley Gaines warns California, Minnesota about states' failures to comply with Title IX

Riley Gaines enactment California, Minnesota and different states connected announcement arsenic Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a suit against Maine for the state’s nonaccomplishment to comply with Title IX.

Gaines was astatine the property league wherever Bondi talked astir the lawsuit. The erstwhile NCAA prima swimmer-turned-champion for fairness successful women’s sports received an accidental to speak.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi, center, speaks during a quality league astatine the Department of Justice office successful Washington, D.C., connected Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

"Let this beryllium a announcement – California, Minnesota and the likes thereof – if you bash not comply with national law, you bash not get to reap the benefits of complying with national law," she said. "Of course, 1 of those benefits being receiving national funds. Women are protected and recognized nether national instrumentality – again, that instrumentality being Title IX.

"The U.S. government, including the Department of Justice, including the Department of Education, volition not basal by and disregard erstwhile the federally protected rights of women and girls are being violated."

Gaines, who hosts OutKick’s "Gaines for Girls" podcast, said the infinitesimal betwixt Maine Gov. Janet Mills and President Donald Trump during their spat successful February "went viral for each the close reasons."

She made wide that Trump was a "man of his promises and that’s what we’ve seen delivered."

"Promises made, promises kept," she said.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom campaigns for then-President Joe Biden connected July 4, 2024 astatine a region Democratic Party lawsuit successful South Haven, Michigan. (Chris duMond/Shutterstock)

BONDI ANNOUNCES LAWSUIT AGAINST MAINE FOR REFUSING TO BAN TRANS ATHLETES FROM GIRLS’ SPORTS

Bondi’s suit came arsenic Maine refused to alteration its trans-inclusion policies erstwhile it came to allowing transgender athletes successful girls’ and women’s sports successful the state.

Stephanie Turner, who precocious drew viral attraction to the contented of trans inclusion successful women's fencing with a clip of her kneeling successful protestation of a trans opponent, was besides astatine the property conference.

"The Department of Justice volition not beryllium by erstwhile women are discriminated against successful sports," Bondi said astatine a property conference. "… What they person been done is horrific."

"We privation to get states to comply with us," Bondi added.

Bondi said they were seeking an injunction and person titles returned to the girls who "rightfully" won competitions successful which trans athletes participated in.

Lawmakers successful California person rejected authorities to prohibition biologic males from girls’ and women’s sports. One Democratic authorities lawmaker compared the prohibition to practices employed by Nazi Germany successful the Holocaust.

Then-U.S. Democratic vice statesmanlike nominee, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, takes the signifier connected Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention astatine the United Center, successful Chicago connected Aug. 21, 2024. (REUTERS/Mike Segar)

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Minnesota lawmakers person besides failed to prohibition biologic males from girls’ and women’s sports. A lawmaker determination said it was akin to "state-sanctioned genocide."

Fox News' Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.

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