Former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre plans to publish a book, Independent, that will explain her switch in party affiliation to no party preference.
According to an announcement from publisher Legacy Lit, Jean-Pierre “didn’t come to her decision to be an Independent lightly. She has served two American presidents, Obama and Biden. In 2020, she joined Biden’s campaign as a senior adviser, becoming Harris’s chief of staff and then, two years later, White House press secretary. She takes us through the three weeks that led to Biden’s abandoning his bid for a second term and the betrayal by the Democratic Party that led to his decision.”
The tagline for the book is “A Look Inside A Broken White House, Outside The Party Lines.”
In an Instagram post, Jean-Pierre said that when she is stopped by people around the country, “the number one question they ask is, ‘Karine, how do we get out of this? How do we protect our democracy? How do we protect vulnerable communities among us? What do we do next?’”
The book, she said, will be her answer. “In an era of disinformation, misinformation, the regressiveness of social policy, what we are seeing currently right now, what I have decided to do, and I really have thought long and hard about this, is to follow my own compass.”
She added, “I think we need to stop thinking in boxes and think outside of our boxes, and not be so partisan.”
The book will be published on Oct. 21.
Jean-Pierre was the first Black woman and first openly gay person to serve as White House press secretary. She succeeded Jen Psaki in 2022, and served until the end of Biden’s term.
Her book will be only the latest tome examining the Biden White House. Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover Up, And His Disastrous Choice to Run Again” has topped The New York Times Bestseller list.
The description of Jean-Pierre’s book, though, suggests a different take, as it describes the Democratic pressure campaign to get Biden to abandon his White House bid as a “betrayal.”