Anti-trans activist Riley Gaines recently gushed over Donald Trump’s testosterone levels after Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bragged about the president’s health on a podcast this week.

Kennedy told podcast host Katie Miller that Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, “looked at [Trump’s] medical records and said he’s got the highest testosterone level that he’s ever seen for an individual over 70 years old.”

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Gaines fawned over Trump in response to Kennedy’s claims, saying it shows how much more manly the president is than Democratic leaders. Gaines asked Fox News hosts, “Ask any 20-year-old boy, especially on a college campus, who they would rather spend a day golfing with, President Trump or Tim Walz? You have to imagine that the majority of them are going to say President Trump.”

She also called Walz “Mr. Jazz hands,” a reference to the way he waves, which the right has ruthlessly mocked as too feminine.

Many on social media mocked Gaines for pretty much every moment of the conversation.