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Former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Compares Democrats Leaders To A ‘Firing Squad’ For Forcing Biden Off The Ticket

Former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre expressed disappointment reflecting on Democratic leaders’ criticism of former President Joe Biden, which forced him to step down as the 2024 Democratic nominee.

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Following Biden’s poor debate performance with Donald Trump in June, Democratic party leaders demanded Biden relinquish the party nomination.

“He was the President of the United States at the time, he was the leader of the Democratic Party. It was truly his decision to make on what he wanted to do, and I supported that 100%,” Jean-Pierre explained at an event at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University.

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“I think what was the toughest thing to see in the three weeks was there was a disconnect for me in what was happening with leadership in the Democratic Party and how it was truly, as my former colleague, communications director Ben Labolt said, it was a firing squad. I had never seen anything like it before. I had never seen a party do that in the way that they did, and it was hurtful and sad to see that happening,” Jean-Pierre said.

“Instead of coming together to really be unified and trying to figure out how do we save our democracy, how do we fight back, that’s what I was seeing,” Jean-Pierre said. “That’s what we decided to do for three weeks, and, you know, it was truly, truly, unfortunate, and I think it hurts us more than I think folks realized, to have done that.”

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