New Biden Press Secretary Accused of Anti-Semitic Hostility

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BIDEN’S NEW PRESS SECRETARY ACCUSED OF “ANTI-SEMITIC HOSTILITY TOWARDS ISRAEL”

BY JNS | MAY 8, 2022 | US-ISRAEL RELATIONS




White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on July 30, 2021. Credit: Official White House Photo by Erin Scott.



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The new press secretary at the White House—appointed by U.S. President Joe Biden this week and set to take over for current press secretary Jen Psaki next week—is raising concerns with some in the pro-Israel community for her previous work with anti-Israel organizations.



Karine Jean-Pierre, who currently serves as principal deputy press secretary, will be the first black and LGBTQ person to hold the position.



After the president’s announcement on Thursday afternoon, Jean-Pierre, a Haitian American, was brought to the White House’s daily briefing by Psaki. Jean-Pierre will assume the role after Psaki’s exit on May 13.



“Karine not only brings the experience, talent and integrity needed for this difficult job, but will continue to lead the way in communicating about the work of the Biden-Harris administration on behalf of the American people,” the president said in a statement.



News of her appointment also came with criticism about her role as national spokesperson and senior adviser with the left-wing political group MoveOn.org from April 2016 to August 2020, a group that supported the boycott of AIPAC and challenged anti-BDS laws.



In a 2019 op-ed in Newsweek, Jean-Pierre said that candidates cannot call themselves a progressive if they supported AIPAC.



“Unfortunately, AIPAC’s policy and conference speaker choices aren’t its only problems. Its severely racist, Islamophobic rhetoric has proven just as alarming,” Jean-Pierre wrote. “The organization has become known for trafficking in anti-Muslim and anti-Arab rhetoric while lifting up Islamophobic voices and attitudes.”

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And here we thought Psaki was bad. This one is a real piece of work! 


Incoming White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Has History of Disinformation About Elections


JOEL B. POLLAK
9 May 2022383



Incoming White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who takes over from Jen Psaki at the end of the week, has a history of spreading disinformation and false claims that elections had been stolen when Republicans happened to have won.



Specifically, Jean-Pierre denied that President Donald Trump was legitimate after his 2016 victory, and also pumped false claims that Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams was the actual winner of the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election.

 
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