High school volleyball player Peyton McNabb punched White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Friday after a transgender player hit him in the face with a ball during a game.
McNab accused spokesman Jean-Pierre of “playing the victim” after he attacked EWTN reporter Owen Jensen during a White House press conference on Tuesday. . Jean-Pierre called transgender athletes “dangerous” when Jensen asked what the White House would say to parents worried about his daughter’s safety when competing against transgender athletes. claimed to have called (Related: Gavin Newsom claims DeSantis ‘weaponized’ men competing in women’s sports)
McNabb was injured when a transgender player on the opposing team struck a ball in her face during a women’s volleyball game in North Carolina in September. McNabb said she suffered a concussion that caused blindness, anxiety, depression, partial paralysis and constant headaches. remarks She spoke at an event for the Independent Women’s Forum.
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After the video aired of Jean-Pierre attacking Jensen, McNab told America’s Newsroom co-hosts Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino, “This is very hypocritical. I think so,” he said. “I think she just accepts what other people say is dangerous to us. I have high hopes for the government as a whole.”
The issue of transgender-identifying biological men competing in women’s sports has become a national topic following University of Pennsylvania swimmer Leah Thomas’ participation in the 2022 NCAA Championships. became. won Women’s 500 yards final.Riley Gaines competed The swimmer, who faced Leah Thomas for the University of Kentucky swim team in the 2022 NCAA Championships, has been a vocal critic of allowing transgender athletes to compete against women.
Glennique Frank’s participation in April’s London Marathon, in which the biological male beat more than 14,000 women to the finish, and the retirement of cyclocross champion Hannah Ahrensmann, also contributed to the issue. Attracted attention.
The Biden administration has made a new proposal rule The law was enacted on April 6 with Title IX prohibiting states from banning biological males from participating in female sports. On May 12, 20 governors called on the Biden administration to withdraw the proposed regulation.
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