Riley Gaines’ clever replies make us doubt it’s really Simon Biles writing those trans-extremist posts

Simone Biles is a tremendously gifted athlete who’s had to overcome horrific challenges including sexual abuse, so it was beyond sad to see her social media accounts going after Riley Gaines as a “bully” for not “uplifting the trans community” but instead calling to get biological males out of female sports.

Let’s be cautious here: Famous folks aren’t always the only (or even the main) people writing the posts under their names. More: All too many of us have tweeted in haste words we don’t really believe.

Crucially, as Gaines has now noted, Biles’ latest comments on X actually contradict some of her past tweets.