White House defends WNBA star Sophie Cunningham after she speaks out in support of protecting women's sports

WNBA star Sophie Cunningham's vocal support for women's sports is lauded by high school athletes Briley Lechner and Ella Frei on Fox News. Lechner describes unfair competition against a biological male, and Frei details her lawsuit over school locker room safety. This segment highlights a growing movement for female athletes' rights amid national debate.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt spoke out in support of Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham on Thursday after Cunningham spoke out publicly in support of protecting women's sports from transgender athletes.

"Men should not be playing in women's sports. It's completely ludicrous that anyone could support that," Leavitt told reporters.

"It's even more ludicrous that you do have Sophie Cunningham, a female athlete herself, very accomplished in her own right, coming forth and speaking that truth that men should(n't) play in women's sports. The backlash she is receiving from Democrats and left-wing figures across the country is astonishing. They are clearly very out of touch with the American public on this issue, which again, is an 80/20 issue. It's common sense."

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Cunningham sent shockwaves in the ongoing culture war over the WNBA and trans athletes in women's sports on Tuesday after revealing her stance on the issue to ESPN.

"I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I'm like, 'I never once said that,'" Cunningham said.

"I think that I am here to extend love. But I also think with that love is truth, being honest. And I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn't have to go against biological