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(3,861 posts) Mon Oct 27, 2025, 07:03 PM Oct 27

'Support all women': MAGA Republicans outraged at AOC's viral insult of GOP activist

Ailia ZehraOctober 27, 2025 | 05:06PM ET

Editor's note: This headline has been updated.

A social media exchange between Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and conservative activist Riley Gaines ignited a firestorm among MAGA Republicans on Monday.

Gaines, a former collegiate swimmer and vocal critic of transgender women in women's sports, shared a photo on the social platform X of Ocasio-Cortez with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) at a rally in New York held Sunday.

Gaines wrote, "We're being destroyed from within."

Ocasio-Cortez reacted to her post and wrote, "Maybe if you channeled all this anger into swimming faster you wouldn’t have come in fifth."

The remark referenced Gaines's fifth-place finish at the 2022 NCAA Swimming Championships, where she tied with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas.
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'Support all women': MAGA Republicans outraged at AOC's viral insult of GOP activist (Original Post) Passages Oct 27 OP

Good job AOC! WhiteTara Oct 27 #1

OUCH!!! MarineCombatEngineer Oct 27 #2

And look at that, "We're being destroyed from within." Trueblue Texan Oct 27 #3

Not all women are my sisters, and I will treat them accordingly. niyad Oct 27 #4

Why do always have to be our own worst enemies? (sigh)... slightlv Oct 27 #7

I understand what you mean. My default setting always has been a bit niyad Oct 28 #9

What do MAGA Republicans not get outraged about? Zorro Oct 27 #5

It's amazing, isn't it? If it weren't for declaring themselves victims of absolutely everything slightlv Oct 27 #8

That's gonna leave a mark! Mr.WeRP Oct 27 #6

WhiteTara

(31,118 posts)

1. Good job AOC!

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Mon Oct 27, 2025, 07:09 PM

Oct 27

MarineCombatEngineer

(16,489 posts)

2. OUCH!!!

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Mon Oct 27, 2025, 08:30 PM

Oct 27

That's going to leave a mark.

Trueblue Texan

(3,957 posts)

3. And look at that, "We're being destroyed from within."

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Mon Oct 27, 2025, 09:09 PM

Oct 27

Consistently projecting. It's what they do.

niyad

(128,268 posts)

4. Not all women are my sisters, and I will treat them accordingly.

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Mon Oct 27, 2025, 09:21 PM

Oct 27

slightlv

(6,991 posts)

7. Why do always have to be our own worst enemies? (sigh)...

Reply to niyad (Reply #4)

Mon Oct 27, 2025, 11:49 PM

Oct 27

I love it when my sisters and I get together to share anything. There is such a feeling that, as much as I can love men and appreciate the good ones, it just doesn't come close to the warmth I feel with my sisters. But even we know we have to be on guard against the lone female who would work against us. And, given that my default mode is "trust first" I've felt more than once the disappointment and disillusionment when I run up against the one or few who shouldn't have been trusted in the first place. I think at my age, I'm circling back around to my protective, Dianic beginnings!

niyad

(128,268 posts)

9. I understand what you mean. My default setting always has been a bit

Reply to slightlv (Reply #7)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 01:32 PM

Oct 28

different, courtesy of school, and my college encounters with phyllis schlafly, and the rest of the anti-ERA crowd. As you can probably tell by my avatar, my practice has always been Dianic. I do have wonderful male friends, but my women friends are so very special!

By the way, love your avatar. My kitty is currently sleeping, purring, on my lap, happy that mom is home. He hates having me out of his sight!

Zorro

(18,121 posts)

5. What do MAGA Republicans not get outraged about?

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Mon Oct 27, 2025, 09:40 PM

Oct 27

slightlv

(6,991 posts)

8. It's amazing, isn't it? If it weren't for declaring themselves victims of absolutely everything

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Mon Oct 27, 2025, 11:51 PM

Oct 27

I swear they'd cease to exist altogether! They have no idea what persecution really is and how it feels. But I'd love to drop them off in the Middle East... or elsewhere... where they could truly experience it and maybe "grow up" a little bit.

Mr.WeRP

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6. That's gonna leave a mark!

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Mon Oct 27, 2025, 09:40 PM

Oct 27

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