{"id":2443036,"date":"2025-06-04T19:45:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T23:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jean-pierre-torched-for-becoming-an-independent-while-promoting-memoir-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T19:45:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T23:45:48","slug":"jean-pierre-torched-for-becoming-an-independent-while-promoting-memoir-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jean-pierre-torched-for-becoming-an-independent-while-promoting-memoir-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean-Pierre torched for becoming an independent while promoting memoir &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjean-pierre-torched-for-becoming-an-independent-while-promoting-memoir-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2443036&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>former White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-say-bidens-female-led-comms-is-a-first-trump-has-that-now\/\" title=\"Media Say Biden&#039;s Female-Led Comms Is A First. Trump Has That Now\">press secretary<\/a> Karine Jean-Pierre ignited controversy by announcing her departure from the Democratic Party while promoting her upcoming memoir, *Self-reliant: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines*, set for release on October 21. In her memoir, she reflects on her experiences during her nearly three-year tenure under President Biden, including the internal dynamics that preceded his decision not to seek a second term. <\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre&#8217;s shift to independent status has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-reveals-bidens-false-allegation-that-hur-brought-up-beaus-death\/\" title=\"Biden falsely claims Hur mentioned Beau&#039;s death, report finds\">drawn harsh criticism<\/a> from social media and former colleagues, accusing her of opportunism and hypocrisy. Many have described her decision as self-serving and insincere, sparking a wave of negative commentary from conservative commentators and former officials. Notably, several former Biden management employees expressed lingering frustration regarding her actions during her time as press secretary, hinting at a problematic legacy in terms of media relations and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >press management<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Jean-Pierre torched for switching to independent while promoting memoir on &lsquo;broken&rsquo; Biden White House<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2134899\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"White House\">White House<\/a> press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karine-jean-pierre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Karine Jean-Pierre\">Karine Jean-Pierre<\/a> set off a political firestorm on Wednesday after she announced her departure from the Democratic Party and the release of a tell-all memoir about what she calls a &ldquo;broken&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Biden administration\">Biden administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre, who served as former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a>&rsquo;s top spokeswoman for nearly three years, revealed the move alongside news of her book, <em>Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines<\/em>, set to be released on Oct. 21.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3431241\/trump-leans-into-entirely-scrapping-debt-limit\/\">Trump leans into &#8216;entirely&#8217; scrapping the debt limit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3431452\/the-view-elon-musk-trump-tank-agenda\/\">&#8216;The View&#8217; warns Trump: Musk could &lsquo;tank&rsquo; entire agenda<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3431173\/trump-says-putin-planning-response-ukraine-drone-attack\/\">Trump says Putin planning response to Ukraine drone attack<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;She has served two American presidents, [Barack] Obama and Biden,&rdquo; the promotional book release says. &ldquo;She takes us through the three weeks that led to Biden&rsquo;s abandoning his bid for a second term and the betrayal by the Democratic Party that led to his decision.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre&rsquo;s announcement that she is now an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/independent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Independent\">independent<\/a> drew criticism across social media and from former colleagues, who accused her of opportunism and hypocrisy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Self-proclaimed &#8220;queer historical figure&#8221; Karine Jean-Pierre has now left the Democrat party and is selling a book that no one will buy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D4XzrgaZ5l\">pic.twitter.com\/D4XzrgaZ5l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andrew @ Don&rsquo;t Walk, RUN! (@DontWalkRUN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DontWalkRUN\/status\/1930283774991843599?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Conservative influencer Link Lauren <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/itslinklauren\/status\/1930313539656528338\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"mocked\">mocked<\/a> the move on X, posting, &ldquo;Perfectly on par with the Left. They can just identify as anything, and we&rsquo;re supposed to believe it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meghan McCain <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MeghanMcCain\/status\/1930292217094050094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"added\">added<\/a> her own scathing take: &ldquo;This is like Baghdad Bob saying he&rsquo;s no longer a citizen of Iraq.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OutnumberedFNC\/status\/1930309736001568963\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"blasted\">blasted<\/a> Jean-Pierre&rsquo;s credibility, saying, &ldquo;She has no standing to call herself a nonpartisan, to come out against the people when she was the chief partisan.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>CNN commentator and former George W. Bush adviser Scott Jennings offered another <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1930375698461372514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"rebukes\">rebuke<\/a>: &ldquo;Congrats to Democrats for ridding yourselves of this untalented mediocrity. The most self-aggrandizing liar ever to hold this job.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rob Bluey, executive editor of the <em>Daily Signal<\/em>, also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RobertBluey\/status\/1930334457757581785\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"criticized\">criticized<\/a> Jean-Pierre&rsquo;s track record, writing, &ldquo;Karine Jean-Pierre is responsible for revoking the press credentials of 442 reporters &mdash; a flagrant assault on the free press. She banished <em>Daily Signal<\/em> and others from covering the White House in 2023 when Biden aides were working overtime to cover up Joe&rsquo;s health problems.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a former official <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/politico\/status\/1930326509576958281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told \">told <\/a><em>Politico<\/em>: &ldquo;Everyone thinks this is a grift,&rdquo; referring to her memoir and sudden political shift.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/3430444\/elon-musk-goes-off-reservation-big-beautiful-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MUSK GOES OFF THE RESERVATION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Politico<\/em> reported that Jean-Pierre&rsquo;s book announcement &ldquo;lit up Democratic and Biden alumni texting groups and reignited frustrations that burned for years.&rdquo; According to seven former Biden administration officials who were granted anonymity to speak candidly, resentment over Jean-Pierre&rsquo;s time in the White House remains strong.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She frustrated colleagues throughout the West Wing for focusing on raising her own profile while leaving the hands-on management of media relations and the White House press shop to other aides,&rdquo; <em>Politico<\/em> reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2134899\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2134899\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jean-Pierre criticized for leaving Democrats to promote memoir on &#8216;broken&#8217; Biden White House<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2443037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karine-jean-Pierre.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7375,52741,7324,13028,5894],"class_list":["post-2443036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-criticism","tag-independent-2","tag-jean-pierre","tag-memoir","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Karine-jean-Pierre.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2443036"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2443040,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443036\/revisions\/2443040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2443037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2443036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2443036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2443036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}