Some of President Joe Biden’s top aides last year were planning behind the scenes to replace Karine Jean-Pierre as White House press secretary by recruiting prominent Democrats to encourage her to resign, according to a new report that the White House is calling “wildly false.”
Jean-Pierre, who became press secretary in May 2022, was the subject of grumblings from her superiors last fall. They allegedly believed she did not adequately pitch Biden as he prepared for his re-election campaign, reports The New York Post, quoting two unnamed sources.
There were also complaints that the press secretary did not understand her job and she relied too much on a binder to brief the press. Sources said that led senior advisor Anita Dunn to call on others to nudge her out.
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