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SAN FRANCISCO (TND) Riley Gaines, who used to swim for the University of Kentucky and who has gained attention for speaking out against the inclusion of transgender athletes in women's sports, says that she was attacked after she gave a speech to students at San Francisco State University on Thursday night.

Gaines spoke on "Saving Women's Sports" at a Turning Point USA and Leadership Institute even on the university's campus that night, according to Fox News. The former U.K. swimmer says on Twitter that she was "ambushed" and "physically hit twice by a man" after her speech.

Gaines's husband, Louis Barker, reportedly told Fox News that he was able to have "brief conversations" with his wife while she was barricaded in a room for almost three hours.

Gaines reportedly had to be escorted by police and barricaded in a room as protesters continued to gather on campus. A Turning Point USA spokesperson reportedly told Fox News that protesters "rushed in when the event was over" and that they were there to protest Gaines's speech alongside Turning Point USA as a whole.

Several social media users took videos of the event and shared them with their followers. Some prominent conservative voices responded to the video clips, and Gaines's statement, by condemning the protesters.

Victoria Coley, vice president for communications at Independent Womens Forum (IWF) said in a statement that her organization "strongly condemn[s] the violence perpetrated against" Gaines.

The University Police Department (UPD) at San Francisco State University has told Fox News that they are "conducting an ongoing investigation into the situation" but there "were no arrests related to the event." The UPD reportedly did acknowledge that "the disruption" happened after Turning Point USA's event was over and that it "made it necessary for UPD officers to move the event speaker from the room to a different, safe location."

The topic of transgender inclusion in women's sports has been a hot political issue for some time now. Transgender athlete Lia Thomas, who swam for the University of Pennsylvania, ignited much of the conversation after repeatedly dominating at women's meets and championships. Thomas has long since been surrounded by controversy, but Gaines has been a particularly vocal critic of the transgender athlete after the two competed.

Gaines and Thomas competed at the NCAA Championships in the 200-meter race. Both swimmers tied times down to the hundredth of a second, but Gaines claims Thomas received a trophy that day for "photo purposes" while she had to wait for hers in the mail. Gaines later claimed that Thomas was disrespecting female athletes by competing in women's divisions.

The University of Kentucky swimmer's outspokenness earned her praise from supporters and incredible ire from critics, some of whom claimed Gaines was "transphobic" and a "sore loser." Gaines has seen support from Republican lawmakers, having been featured in a campaign advertisement for her state's Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., reelection efforts. Gaines said at the time Paul was "not afraid to fight for fairness" and she was supporting his midterm 2022 bid, which he later won.

Paul, during an appearance on Fox News alongside Gaines, said that fairness in women's sports is "not really a Republican or Democrat issue" as "no one thinks this is fair." Gaines said, during the same Fox News segment, that support from people like Sen. Rand Paul "means a lot," considering those circumstances.

During the interview, Gaines went on to say that she believes President Joe Biden's administration's policies are "absolutely not pro-women" and left-wing policies are, at times, "regressive."

In the United States, some lawmakers are drafting legislation that would prohibit transgender athletes from participating in any women's sports. Some of those proposals are sitting in state legislatures, and some have been signed into law. So far, at least 16 states now have bans in effect covering at least high school interscholastic sports.

On Thursday, the same day Gaines was allegedly attacked, President Joe Biden's administration released a proposal that would forbid schools and colleges across America from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes, with some allowances in certain cases.

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Suspect in custody after member of Republicans staff attacked in apparently random incident

Tue 28 Mar 2023 08.58 EDT

A member of Senator Rand Pauls staff was stabbed and critically wounded in Washington on Saturday in an attack that is likely to raise fears about violence in the nations capital.

This past weekend a member of my staff was brutally attacked in broad daylight in Washington DC, the Kentucky senator said in a statement to ABC News late Monday. I ask you to join [wife] Kelley and me in praying for a speedy and complete recovery, and thanking the first responders, hospital staff, and police for their diligent actions after the stabbing.

According to a police report obtained by the outlet, officers responded at about 5.15pm to a call about a stabbing fewer than two miles north-east of the US Capitol.

The victim, who has not been named, was treated on the scene for stab wounds and was seen by a witness bleeding from the head, and was later hospitalized for treatment of life-threatening injuries, the report states.

A suspect is reported to have been taken into custody and is being held without bail.

On Monday, DC police said that 42-year-old local resident Glynn Neal was arrested in connection with the attack on counts of assault with intent to kill and wielding a knife. Neal reportedly told police officers a voice had threatened to get him before the attack occurred.

According to one of two witnesses cited in the police report, the suspect had popped out of the corner and stabbed the Paul staffer multiple times.

The victim was able to grab [the suspects] arms and the witness with him tackled the suspect, leading to a struggle between the parties. The victim and the witness ran as the suspect fled, the report added.

We are relieved to hear the suspect has been arrested, Pauls statement said. At this time we would ask for privacy so everyone can focus on healing and recovery.

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Aide to Senator Rand Paul critically wounded in Washington DC stabbing - The Guardian US

The Kentucky lawmaker called it a "brutal" assault.

March 27, 2023, 10:04 PM ET

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A staffer for Sen. Rand Paul was stabbed and seriously injured in Washington, D.C., on Saturday and a suspect has since been arrested, according to police and Paul's office.

"This past weekend a member of my staff was brutally attacked in broad daylight in Washington, D.C.," Paul, R-Ky,. said in a statement to ABC News on Monday. "I ask you to join [wife] Kelley and me in praying for a speedy and complete recovery, and thanking the first responders, hospital staff, and police for their diligent actions."

Paul's office has not publicly identified the staffer.

According to a police report obtained by ABC News, officers first responded Saturday around 5:15 p.m. to a call about a stabbing on the 1300 block of H Street Northeast in the district.

The victim was treated on the scene for "stab wounds" and was seen by a witness "bleeding from the head," the report states.

According to one of two witnesses cited in the report, the suspect had "popped out of the corner" and stabbed the Paul staffer multiple times as he and the witness were walking. The victim "was able to grab [the suspect's] arms" and the witness with him tackled the suspect, "leading to a struggle between the parties," the report states. Then, the victim and the witness ran as the suspect fled.

The first witness shouted to another about what was happening and that person called the authorities while they aided the victim, according to the report.

On Monday, D.C. police said that 42-year-old Glynn Neal, a D.C. resident, was arrested later on Saturday and had been charged with assault with intent to kill, wielding a knife, in connection with the attack. Court filings state that he has told officers he heard a voice was going to get him before the attack occurred.

Paul's staffer was hospitalized "for treatment of life-threatening injuries," police said, but further information about his condition was not available.

"We are relieved to hear the suspect has been arrested. At this time we would ask for privacy so everyone can focus on healing and recovery," Paul said in his statement.

Neal appeared in court on Monday and remains held without bond.

A public defender representing him did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Sen. Rand Paul staffer stabbed multiple times in DC, suspect arrested - ABC News

A staffer who works for Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was stabbed Saturday evening on a busy commercial street in Northeast Washington, according to a statement from the senator and public records.

The staffer, who did not respond to requests for comment, works for Paul on the Senate Homeland Security Committee, according to the name on the police report, which matched the employee listed in the database of congressional salaries.

The staffer sustained life-threatening injuries but was considered stable while awaiting surgery to address a punctured lung and potential internal and brain bleeding, according to charging documents.

The staffer told police in an interview from the hospital that he did not know the man who stabbed him or why he was attacked, according to the charging document. The Washington Post does not generally name surviving crime victims without their consent.

This past weekend a member of my staff was brutally attacked in broad daylight in Washington, D.C., Paul said in the statement on Monday. I ask you to join Kelley and me in praying for a speedy and complete recovery, and thanking the first responders, hospital staff, and police for their diligent actions. We are relieved to hear the suspect has been arrested.

The incident occurred about 5:15 p.m. on the 1300 block of H Street NE.

Police on Saturday arrested 42-year-old Glynn Neal of Southeast Washington and charged him with assault with intent to kill in the incident, D.C. police said Monday. The attorney listed for Neal in court documents did not immediately respond to request for comment.

Neal told police, according to the charging document, that a voice was telling him that someone was going to get him for all the things he done. So [Neal] was waiting right there to get the someone.

The attack came four days before the House Oversight Committee is set to hold a hearing on crime and public safety in the nations capital, which is expected to focus broadly on D.C.'s approach to reducing violent crime. In advance of the hearing, Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), said that radical left-wing policies have led to a crime crisis in D.C. and vowed to conduct oversight of the policies that have plagued our capital city.

As of Monday, homicides in D.C. were up 16 percent compared to the same time in 2022, a year when the city surpassed 200 killings for only the second time in about two decades. Property crime was also up by about 27 percent year-over-year while overall violent crime has remained steady compared to the same time last year.

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Staffer for Rand Paul on Homeland Security committee stabbed on H Street - The Washington Post

The office of Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul confirmed Monday that a member of his staff was "brutally attacked" on the streets of Washington, D.C over the weekend.

"This past weekend a member of my staff was brutally attacked in broad daylight in Washington, D.C.," Paul said in a statement. "I ask you to join Kelley and me in praying for a speedy and complete recovery, and thanking the first responders, hospital staff, and police for their diligent actions."

"We are relieved to hear the suspect has been arrested. At this time we would ask for privacy so everyone can focus on healing and recovery," he added.

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Paul's office did not confirm the identity of the staff member who was attacked, however a press released issued by the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department on Monday afternoon said the victim was an adult male who had sustained "life-threatening injuries."

The statement announced the arrest of a suspect, 42-year-old Glynn Neal, "in reference to an Assault with Intent to Kill (Knife) offense," and that the incident occurred on the 1300 block of H Stree, NE, less than 1.5 miles from the U.S. Capitol.

Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, March 18, 2021. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Sen. Paul himself was attacked by a neighbor and sustained serious injuries in 2017. He suffered six broken ribs, including three displaced fractures, and his recovery was complicated by fluid and blood around the lungs and recurrent pneumonia.

Paul and his wife were also previously attacked by a mob as the pair made their way back to a hotel following Donald Trumps 2020 Republican National Convention acceptance speech at the White House. One man was charged with assaulting a police officer near Paul at the time but it was later dropped.

Washington Metropolitan Police officers investigated a shooting at the Potomac Avenue Metro Station in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 1, 2023. Isaiah Trotman, 31, was later taken into custody. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Crime has been on the rise in Washington, D.C., including the number of murders committed in the city. Last year, D.C. hit 200 murders in consecutive years for the first time since 2003.

Fox News' Brian Flood contributed to this report.

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