Former White House Press Secretary Karine-Jean Pierre has drawn sideways glances and harsh commentary from a number of her former colleagues since she began a whirlwind media tour to promote her new memoir.
Jean-Pierre has shocked a series of interviewers across multiple networks as she has steadfastly continued to insist — even after leaving the White House — that then-President Joe Biden was fully aware and competent up to his very last days in the Oval Office.
As she travels from show to show and network to network, Jean-Pierre has continued to insist that she saw nothing concerning before the disastrous CNN-hosted debate between Biden and President Donald Trump — despite the fact that she was with the president nearly every day and had even been with Biden aboard Air Force One on the way to that debate. Her colleagues, some of whom have since come forward to admit that Biden was struggling, particularly in the later days of his presidency, have not had kind things to say about her press tour.
“She doesn’t seem to have any idea what she’s arguing,” one colleague told Politico of her book — “Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines” — given that she worked inside the Biden White House, but has in recent interviews claimed that the “broken White House” mentioned in the title was President Donald Trump’s.
The real problem, according to most, is her apparent inability to field the most basic of questions in live interviews.
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“A car crash is fascinating to watch. She was the top communicator for the president of the United States and she can’t get through basic interviews,” an unnamed strategist told Politico, adding that reading the print interview she’d done for The New Yorker was like “watching Mike Tyson fight a baby.”
“It’s like watching a toddler jump into the deep end of the pool,” another told the outlet.
“It’s a clear reminder of the communications struggles within the administration that included Karine but also included the president and vice president. The basic role of a communications professional is to devise a clear, compelling argument and then deliver it effectively over and over. By that standard, she’s 0 for two with this book,” one former Biden White House official added.
Others weighed in on that particular interview — and most were in agreement that it was not good.
“Absolutely surreal interview with Karine Jean-Pierre. The woman seems unable to follow basic arguments, understand questions, or even see how one statement connects to the next. Just a mind full of [identity]-based platitudes. What an embarrassment for the Democratic Party,” Richard Hanania posted.
Absolutely surreal interview with Karine Jean-Pierre. The woman seems unable to follow basic arguments, understand questions, or even see how one statement connects to the next. Just a mind full of indentity-based platitudes. What an embarrassment for the Democratic Party. pic.twitter.com/58n7DV5pJ9
— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) October 29, 2025
“Karine Jean-Pierre is a complete moron. Read this @NewYorker interview. Her job was to communicate and she is incapable of doing that. Joe Biden wasn’t just the worst president in any of our lives, he also surrounded himself with the dumbest people,” Clay Travis added.
Karine Jean-Pierre is a complete moron. Read this @NewYorker interview. Her job was to communicate and she is incapable of doing that. Joe Biden wasn’t just the worst president in any of our lives, he also surrounded himself with the dumbest people. https://t.co/Kyn936oawq
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) October 29, 2025
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