Karine Jean-Pierre, Biden's former press secretary, reveals she's left the Democratic Party

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(CNN) – Karine Jean-Pierre, who served as White House press secretary under former President Joe Biden, has switched her party affiliation to independent, according to a publishing company’s description of her forthcoming book.

Jean-Pierre, who has worked in Democratic politics for decades, is set to release a new book that will discuss Biden’s decision to bow out of the 2024 election and encourage voters to look beyond the two-party political system. The description of her book, titled Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines,” says she “didn’t come to her decision to be an Independent lightly.”

The book, which will be released in October, will examine “the three weeks that led to Biden’s abandoning his bid for a second term and the betrayal by the Democratic Party that led to his decision,” according to a book description from Legacy Lit, an imprint of Hachette Book Group.

That suggests Jean-Pierre’s book may further fuel the intraparty argument over whether Biden should have sought reelection given his age and questions about his mental acuity. Biden dropped out of the race last summer after a disastrous debate performance, making way for former Vice President Kamala Harris, who eventually lost to President Donald Trump.

more at

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/04/politics/video/video-karine-jean-pierre-exit-democratic-party-digvid

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Does she think being an Independent at this stage in the ruin of our political system will be a benefit? Just a dumb move IMO.

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1. .."Jean-Pierre's book may further fuel the intraparty argument .."--oh, it will feed the Repug, and Fox news folks

with months--and years of fuel. --to further degrade our country!

.........That suggests Jean-Pierre’s book may further fuel the intraparty argument over whether Biden should have sought reelection given his age and questions about his mental acuity. Biden dropped out of the race last summer after a disastrous debate performance, making way for former Vice President Kamala Harris, who eventually lost to President Donald Trump.

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2. Sounds like she is whining about how Democrats were such meanies.

Since when does anybody give a shit what a spokesperson has to say?

Let's see if she has any substantive, constructive ideas.

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3. Agreed. The party was loyal to her and promoted her when Jen Psaki stepped down as press sec'y.

Now she leaves the party...a hook to get a book deal IMO.

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4. Here is a good interview explaining her decision

I am also not happy with how some treated President Biden

Link to tweet

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5. Unable to see your link

I have all X traffic blocked.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

16. The poster who posted this is boycotting BlueSkye

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18. Well if they are boycotting Blue Sky

I definitely don't care what they have to say.

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6. Another who will be eaten, shamed, and shunned without thought of what prompted a long-term Dem to switch.

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7. So you're saying she couldn't have expressed herself without switching to an irrelevant party?

And by irrelevant I mean they don't get anything done under that heading.

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12. I'm saying, hope we wake up before midterms.

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13. Who is we?

All those propagandized by right-wing media?

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14. Think "we" is clear. Have a nice day.

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15. I am having a nice day

and no your "we" isn't clear. If you're using it as an insult, let me know.

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8. There is a growing talking point in our party that we need to focus more on Independent voters,

to listen to them and speak to their concerns of we won't win elections.

Karine is now an Independent voter that Democrats should probably listen to if they want to win elections.

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9. Lets just be nasty to her before we read her book (and we all will read it) How dare we be open minded

Until we know.
Do I really need the thingy?

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10. I have said nothing nasty, only that I think her timing is real bad.

We are in a constant state of Constitutional crisis right now. Announcing she is leaving the party helps nothing.

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11. She doesn't matter anymore and has no voice in the party. Hope she votes blue and enjoys the book money.