The White House lashed out at former CNN correspondent Kate Bennett, calling her a "scumbag," after she pointed to President Donald Trump's habit of insulting female reporters.

"You know, everyone keeps writing these stories about how President Trump is only insulting female reporters by calling them piggy, ugly, stupid etc," Bennett noted in a Friday post on X. "But, it's actually because the women are the ones asking all the tough questions. Give that a thought."

Several hours later, the official White House Rapid Response account responded to the former CNN reporter.

"Give this a thought: how big of a scumbag you must be to have been fired from CNN of all places," the White House team wrote.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt recently defended the president after he referred to a female reporter as "piggy."

"Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room," she insisted. "You've all seen it yourselves. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president, because of his frankness."