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And that really like tracked with everything.

I mean, to me, like that made sense and tracked with what I had seen.

Like Riley was a very down to earth, very practical person.

As a queer person that swam on that team, I never was like, wow, I feel like Riley's going to hate crying me today or like Riley makes me feel unsafe.

I am so grateful to see President Trump's quick and decisive action to uphold his campaign promise and protect female athletes.

If you told me four years ago that Riley Gaines was going to be the spokesperson for the anti-trans movement, be speaking with Trump, I'd be like, what?

You're crazy.

Like, she doesn't even actually like him.

And, you know, when you hear that, and you even make allowances for the fact that all of us, I assume both of us were probably different in college than we are now, right?

It does make me want to really understand, like, what the f*** happened.

The story here, like, it takes a turn.

And where that takes us seems like it's worthy of, again, a return to your 31-page timeline about her life.

Yeah, there's definitely a transformation that happens at the time that Riley graduates.

There is a radicalization that happens and we see her become someone who's unrecognizable.

So I take us back now to the part of your 31-page timeline of the life of Riley Gaines, where the origin story that she has sanctioned is about to take place.

Because here is Riley Gaines and here is Coach Lars at this sporting event at the crux of American politics.

the 2022 NCAA Women's Swimming Championships, which is not only the most controversial sporting event in America's recent history, it's also the one that I don't think people have ever actually seen.

Oh, no chance.

It's the final in a women's 500-yard freestyle.

Ladies!