KJP claims it is 'dangerous' to question safety of female athletes competing against males in testy exchange

The White House Press Secretary claimed that it is dangerous to question the safety of allowing males to compete in women's sports.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday accused a reporter of characterizing transgender people as "dangerous" during a line of questioning about the safety concerns surrounding the participation of transgender athletes in women's sports.

During her daily press briefing with the White House press pool, EWTN White House correspondent Owen Jensen asked Jean-Pierre about the mounting concerns among parents of female athletes who are being forced to compete against biologically male competitors.

Jensen began his question by reading aloud a tweet from Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., who wrote that allowing biological males to compete in women's sports is "unfair, unsafe and wrong." He also cited a letter signed by 72 "elite female athletes" who argued that forcing them to compete against biological males is "not only unfair, but discriminatory and illegal."

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White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre defended transgender athletes in women and girls' sports.

"What would the president say to parents out there who have daughters, let's say in high school, for example, who are worried that their daughter may have to compete against a male, a person born male and they could be a direct and physically athletic competition, and worry about their daughter's safety," he continued.

Jean-Pierre, who earlier called the issue "complicated," then accused the reporter of characterizing transgender athletes as "dangerous."

"What you're alluding to is basically saying that transgender kids are