Karine Jean-Pierre will be the first Black and out LGBTQ person to hold the job of White House press secretary. Here are five things to know about her.
WASHINGTON — Karine Jean-Pierre is slated to step into her new role as the next White House press secretary within just a few weeks, the White House announced Thursday.
National News Karine Jean-Pierre to become White House press secretary, the first Black and out LGBTQ person in the role Last May, she made history when she led her first full press briefing and fielded questions in the White House briefing room, becoming only the second Black woman to do so. Additionally, she was the regional political director for the White House Office of Political Affairs during the Obama-Biden administration, officials said, and served as deputy battleground states director during Obama's reelection bid in 2012, among other political roles.
"That immigrant upbringing, growing up in New York, it shaped everything and anything that I'm about," she told PBS NewsHour."My parents ... came here for the American dream that in many ways eluded them. They still live check to check, but in their eyes, because I made it to the White House ... they have received it."
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