Police detain angry leftists protesting Riley Gaines' Real Women's Day event at Penn State

Police detained two enraged leftists who protested former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines' Real Women's Day event at Pennsylvania State University on Tuesday, the College Fix reported.

Gaines has been an outspoken opponent of men competing in women's sports and has spearheaded efforts to protect female athletes. Her speech at Penn State was slated for October 10, which can be spelled out in Roman numbers as XX. The date was designated Real Women's Day since females have two X chromosomes.

A group of left-leaning protesters gathered to demonstrate against Gaines' appearance and advocate for individuals who claim to identify as trans. During Gaines' speech, activists chanted "trans lives matter" and held up various signs featuring the blue and pink trans flag.

"We are inclusive of all genders," one protester's sign read, according to a video captured by the College Fix. "We are better than your hate speech," another stated.

One video shared by the College Fix showed an angry male protester knocking items off a Young America's Foundation table and screaming expletives at those passing by. Moments later, a female activist approached and flipped over the table, according to the video shared by the outlet on X, formerly Twitter.

"Get this s*** out," the female protester yelled. In another video, the same female yelled at a man holding a camera to "get the f*** off the campus."

The hostile male protester approached a man walking around campus near the event and shouted, "You're a f***ing loser!"

The man replied, "You want to lose $150 million for the campus for all your friends? I'm state Senator Cris Dush."

Pennsylvania state Senator Dush (R) told the College Fix, "We are going to have free speech on this campus. This is my district."

Police arrived on the scene shortly after the two protesters vandalized the table and detained the activists for "disorderly conduct." The protesters were handcuffed and placed in the back of a police cruiser.

Earlier this week, Gaines posted on X that the school had abruptly canceled her speaking event at Penn State. In her statement, she included a video of the university's president, Neeli Bendapudi, explaining why "controversial" speakers must be allowed to speak on campus.

"No way President of Penn State makes a whole video explaining why public institutions are legally obligated to let 'bigots' apparently like me on campus to speak then proceeds to CANCEL my speech tomorrow for real women's day (X/X)," Gaines wrote.

In the video, Bendapudi stated that Penn State is "bound by the First Amendment."

"Restricting the speech of one group or individual jeopardizes everyone's rights because the same laws or regulations used to silence bigots can be used to silence you," she said.

Penn State denied Gaines' claims that the university had canceled the event, stating that a student group had failed to submit required reservation documents in time. Despite the initial uncertainty that the event would go on, Gaines was ultimately able to speak at Penn State on Tuesday to the school's Turning Point USA and YAF chapters.

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