It’s a change of face at the White House. Karine Jean-Pierre is going to become spokesperson for the presidency of the United States. She is the first openly gay black woman to hold this position. Born in Martinique of Haitian parents, she who worked on the campaigns of Barack Obama, will succeed his boss Jen Psaki who should take a position on a news channel close to the Democrats.
“I am everything Donald Trump hates,” said Karine Jean-Pierre in 2018. Named on Thursday as White House spokeswoman, she will become the first black and openly lesbian woman to hold this position as prestigious as it is fearfully exposed. She will replace Jen Psaki, whose deputy she was until now, starting May 13, according to a White House statement in which Democratic President Joe Biden praised the “experience, talent and honesty” of his future “Press Secretary”.
The outgoing spokeswoman, bringing Karine Jean-Pierre to her side on Thursday during the traditional briefing of accredited journalists at the White House, praised, in a voice sometimes choked with emotion, the qualities of her deputy, whom she hugged several times.
Historic moment
Karine Jean-Pierre “will be the first black woman, the first openly LGBTQ + person to hold this office, which is great, because representativeness is important and because she will give a voice to so many people, and show so many people what is possible when you work hard and have big dreams,” said Jen Psaki.
Equally moved, the future Press Secretary said, “This is a historic moment and I realize that. I understand how important this is to so many people.
