Karine Jean-Pierre named as the White House's first Black press secretary : NPR

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• Karine Jean-Pierre Is The 1st Black Woman In Decades To Brief White House Press
• A Proclamation on National Small Business Week, 2024
• ABC News
• Briefing Room
• Meet Karine Jean-Pierre, the first Black woman and openly LGBTQ person to be White House press secretary
• Karine Jean-Pierre
• Jen Psaki
• Biden names Karine Jean-Pierre as White House press secretary

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Karine Jean-Pierre Is The 1st Black Woman In Decades To Brief White House Press

Put forward a real comprehensive plan so those schools could be open, so that small businesses could open up again. Yes — is our administration continuing to having those conversations I laid out? Walsh has talk — Walsh has — has been talking to unions for the past several months. I’ve talked about Secretary Buttigieg, Department of Transportation, talking to the companies. And also, Secretary Vilsack is doing his part with the agriculture sectors. At the beginning of the briefing, I laid out gas prices — how much it’s fallen.

A Proclamation on National Small Business Week, 2024

And, of course, in the immediate aftermath of it, he picked up the phone and called Bibi Netanyahu. And what we have seen since then, as I was speaking about before with respect to the provision and facilitation of humanitarian assistance, has been a significant difference. But the administration will be well represented at that event. You know, President Biden spoke with Prime Minister Netanyahu a little more than two weeks ago. And others had told us the challenges of malnutrition and potential famine were most acute.

ABC News

Psaki is widely expected to take a job at MSNBC when she leaves. “I’m going to cry,” Ms. Psaki said on Thursday before turning to the row of seats where Ms. Jean-Pierre usually observes the news briefing and waving for her to come to the lectern. You all — you all listened to the President, right? So, he had an opportunity this morning, so he was going to take that opportunity to say how we need to continue to move forward with the border — border — border security negotiation — or the plan that came out of the negotiation. And as President, you know, as Commander-in-Chief, where he sits right now, behind that Resolute Desk, and what he understands, it’s important to speak out. And he understands that, as a leader in this country, that when we see this type of antisemitic hate, this type of antisemitic vile — vile, we have to be very clear.

We want to make sure that there’s a divestment, that, you know, TikTok should not be owned — or Americans should not be — should not be having to worry about using a platform that is owned by — you know, by a country that’s trying to harm us. And your first question was about Iran sanctions. The EU has moved, the UK has moved, the United States has moved, and we will continue to move. But as I’ve said before at this podium — and as you’ve heard from Secretary Austin, the Chairman, and other senior military officials — there is no silver bullet in this conflict. One capability is not going to be the ultimate solution.

Wrapping up her statement, Psaki turned to the White House reporters she said "challenged" and "pushed me" throughout her time in the high-pressure role. Mr. Kirby, 60, a retired Navy admiral who previously worked at the Pentagon and the State Department, is better versed in foreign affairs at a time of war in Ukraine and the Middle East. He evinces a clarity and comfort at the lectern that can sometimes elude Ms. Jean-Pierre, 49, a more rote public speaker with less experience tussling with an adversarial press. The White House heralded Karine Jean-Pierre as a trailblazing press secretary.

And that’s why the minute the President signed the supplemental, he turned and signed a very substantial drawdown package that includes urgently needed artillery and HIMARS ammunition, more armored vehicles, Javelins, Stingers, and air defense interceptors, among other things. These capabilities are going to start moving immediately to make up for lost time. Kirby has taken over the podium at most briefings since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in Israel, which have reportedly led to “serious tension,” the Post reported. One source said Jean-Pierre has been “pretty aggressive” and behaves coldly toward Kirby when he is speaking to her. Dunn reportedly pushed back at Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi’s Dec. 11 article pointing out that National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby has increased his presence at the White House briefings, according to the Post. Sources said both Zients and Dunn were attempting “to fine Karine a graceful exit” to avoid the negative optics of forcibly removing the first black woman and lesbian to serve as the press secretary, according to the Post.

Jen Psaki

There are not 60 votes in the Senate to make that happen. His number one priority is that — is making sure that we get this done. So, he is — does not support any bill or amendment that will delay a bill that’s getting to his desk by Saturday.

Biden names Karine Jean-Pierre as White House press secretary

There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. She has often said she regrets once getting a stern letter of reprimand from a government ethics watchdog for politicking from the podium. “Can’t think of many topics I’d like to opine on less,” said one Biden supporter and Democratic strategist, who deemed the subject too politically and culturally sensitive to discuss with their name attached.

The press secretary also fields questions from members of the press corps and establishes embargo rules, which require that the media delay the release of a story until a specified date and time. In 2017 Donald Trump appointed as his press secretary Sean Spicer, who had served as communications director for the Republican National Committee. Spicer quickly became known for his combative interactions with the press.

White House Daily Briefing March 15, 2024 - C-SPAN

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We sh- — we believe in First Amendment rights, right? We believe in people being able to express themselves in a peaceful manner. But when we’re talking about hateful rhetoric, when we’re talking about violence, we have to call that out. But we’ll stay in close touch not just with the Israelis, but with the United Nations.