White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre shut down a reporter asking about the safety of female athletes in high school being forced to compete with physically superior biological males who identify as female by claiming any such concern is to say “transgender kids are dangerous.”
President Biden’s spokesperson initially agreed it’s “a complicated issue” when asked in light of the administration’s proposed changes to Title IX if the White House worried about the physical safety of females competing against males, essentially deferring to the Department of Education.
The reporter pressed, “What would the President say to the parents out there who have daughters — say, in high school, for example — who are worried that their daughter may have to compete against a male, or a person born male, and there could be direct physical athletic competition?”
“So, look, what you’re alluding to is basically saying that transgender kids are dangerous. It sounds like that’s what you’re saying,” Jean-Pierre replied, interpreting the question to her liking.
Reporter: “What would the administration say to parents who are worried that their daughter may have to compete against a male and worried about their daughter’s safety?”
Jean-Pierre: “What you’re alluding to is that transgender kids are dangerous… That is a dangerous thing… pic.twitter.com/A0mokmQZSl
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) June 13, 2023
When the reporter protested that assessment, she replied, “Well, you’re saying that their safety is at risk?
“This is strictly a safety question. This is strictly a safety question,” the reporter insisted.
“Yeah, but you’re laying out a kind of broad example or explanation of what could be potentially happening,” Jean-Pierre said. “That is dangerous. That is a dangerous thing to say that essentially transgender kids — we’re talking about — are dangerous.”
Having propagandized the issue to her satisfaction, the openly gay diversity hire was ready to move on.
“And so that’s something that I have to call out. That is irresponsible,” she added. “I had just laid out how complicated this issue is. I had just laid out why it’s complicated, and so anything that you have any additional questions, I refer you to the Department of Education. I’m gonna move on.”
A notable case that would warrant the question involved North Carolina high school volleyball player Payton McNabb, who reportedly suffered a concussion and neck injury last year when a transgender athlete spiked a ball with force hitting her in the face.
As social media users noted, it’s all but pointless trying to have a dialogue and ask questions of an administration that has no respect for the truth or the American people.
Here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story from Twitter:
trying to have an honest discussion with these people is useless. You just have beat them. You just have to win and not look back.
— FIGHT BACK MEDIA NETWORK (@rbmshow) June 14, 2023
Looks dangerous to me. Guess which one is female? pic.twitter.com/ziqJwUDSZ3
— Tired of being politically correct (@USBornNRaised) June 13, 2023
Yes men competing against women is dangerous even when they are under 18
— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) June 14, 2023
A person who has gone through male puberty _is_ dangerous when competing in any contact sport against girls. It is a legitimate concern and it’s infuriating to see her twist the words like this.
— David McCune, MD, MPH (@davidemccune) June 13, 2023
So typical. Instead of answering the question, sidestep it with a thought terminating cliche.
— JackTheRooster (@Jack_TheRooster) June 13, 2023
Taking straight from the pages of a dystopian novel. Doublespeak is required
— Gerald (@YogaDad69) June 13, 2023
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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