An anti-trans MAGA influencer tried to insult Simone Biles. It didn’t go well for him.

June 11 2025, 08:15

MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk decided to involve himself in a social media sparring match between anti-trans activist Riley Gaines and Olympic gymnast Simone Biles – and it didn’t go well for him.

After Biles, an 11-time Olympic medal winner, called Gaines “truly sick” for using her platform to buIly trans people and told her no one in sports is safe with her around, Kirk replied, “Unlike you, Riley never quit when things got hard.”

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Kirk was likely referring to when Biles withdrew from many of the 2020 Olympic events after coming down with a phenomenon called “the twisties” that prevented her from being able to safely compete. She returned in 2024, though, and won several more medals.

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Meanwhile, Gaines hasn’t competitively swum since graduating from college, and Kirk dropped out of Harper Community College near Chicago without completing any degree or certification — he hasn’t played any professional or collegiate sports.

Cue the internet’s endless laughter. Folks on X had a lot to say about Kirk’s claim.

She was a fifth place swimmer at the height of her career. She gained fame by targeting and placing blame on trans athletes for her lack of ultimate success. When she couldn't win she shifted blame and the right used her as a poster child of their movement. Trust me, she…
— Unlearn16 (@unlearn16tweet) June 8, 2025

Imagine dropping out of community college and then tweeting this to an ELEVEN time Olympic Medalist over a fifth place swimmer that has made her hate for the trans community her entire personality https://t.co/qZoXu8wtRn
— blehs (@yblehsss) June 9, 2025

you literally dropped out of college https://t.co/8QmJUt5hzY
— jordan (@spookyjordxn) June 9, 2025

That’s because just like you, who dropped out of community college, #rileygaines has never done anything hard…she tied for fifth place in an NCAA tournament, not the Olympics. She definitely doesn’t have a medal. https://t.co/TgGepHsTxc
— DOGED – DePt. Of GoVn’T EfFiCiEnCy DePt. (@Shaun610_) June 9, 2025

A cis gender man assaulted and abused an entire generation of the greatest American gymnasts. Those girls and women went and won gold for their country repeatedly in spite of that.

A pretty good swimmer tied a trans woman for 5th place and it’s a national crisis.

We see yooouu https://t.co/HUpDx2Pssm
— Tanya Ray Fox (@TanyaRayFox) June 8, 2025

You’re trying to elevate someone who walked away from the sport and now spends her days calling out teenagers, while tearing down one of the most decorated and mentally resilient athletes in history. Your framing is morally upside down, Charlie. https://t.co/4anlpb96Pa
— Andres Esteller (@CriticalReader7) June 8, 2025

Big Head literally quit swimming to start grifting cuz she placed 5th. Simone took a break and came back to win even more. Maybe sit this one out until you stop running away from debates with actual adults, Tic Tac Teeth https://t.co/KTIkq7EViG
— Joe Mama (@n11111111ck) June 10, 2025

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