As the Biden presidency nears its conclusion, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will soon vacate her role, and a panel of media commentators shared their thoughts with the Daily Caller on what her next move might be.
The consensus suggested that despite widespread criticism of her performance in the role, Jean-Pierre is likely to secure a position as a contributor on a cable news network, following a similar path to her predecessor, Jen Psaki, who landed at far-left MSNBC.
“She’ll go where all the other failed Hollywood actors go when they’re useless to the deep state: a cable chat show that exclusively exists to sell weird books and products to lonely women,” Daily Caller alum and media veteran Kay Hill told the outlet.
NewsBusters Managing Editor Curtis Houck agreed with that assessment. “I fully anticipate someone will hire her as a contributor, whether it be a return to MSNBC or even CNN,” he said.
Psaki, who served during Barack Obama’s presidency, left the Biden White House in 2022 to host her show “Inside with Jen Psaki” on MSNBC.
KJP’s history of dishonesty and incompetence should disqualify her from any future cable news pundit roles, Houck stated.
“In a merit-based world, Karine Jean-Pierre would be unemployable in TV news,” he told the Caller. “It’s still remarkable to me that she spent years as an established cable news pundit and sitting for lengthy segments where guests would have to think on their feet and go beyond talking points.”
Others, however, told the Daily Caller that her inability to tell the truth makes her a perfect far-left host candidate.
“KJP was so dumb, so dishonest, and so bad at her job that I can only assume she’ll have a show on CBS News next year,” Mollie Hemingway, a best-selling author and editor-in-chief of The Federalist, said.
Jashinsky noted that Jean-Pierre might have less leverage than previous press secretaries due to the challenges and perceived shortcomings of the Biden presidency during her tenure.
“The Biden brand is bad, even on the left right now. It may be difficult for people like KJP to get jobs as prominent as Jen Psaki’s at MSNBC, given that Psaki departed before the wheels really started to fall off the administration,” Jashinsky said.
Others agreed with Jashinsky’s assessment, noting that Jean-Pierre has a history of falsehoods that will likely be difficult to overcome.
“Where do you go to wash off the catastrophic amount of lying she did to the American people about Biden’s condition?” Scott Jennings, a popular conservative commentator on CNN and a new LA Times editorial board member, told the Caller.
“She’s at the center of the biggest scandal going in American politics,” he concluded.
Jean-Pierre consistently defended President Biden’s mental fitness and sharpness despite visible signs of cognitive decline.
In June, she dismissed videos showing the President appearing disoriented at the G7 Summit as “cheap fakes,” accusing media outlets reporting on the footage of engaging in deceptive editing.
Throughout the summer, Jean-Pierre repeatedly defended President Biden, insisting on his mental fitness even after his widely criticized debate performance, which ultimately led to his withdrawal from the race.
On July 3, Jean-Pierre told reporters that Biden was “sharp as ever.” But less than three weeks later, he announced his decision to drop out.
More recently, Jean-Pierre was caught blatantly misrepresenting the situation regarding Hunter Biden’s pardon. On multiple occasions, she assured reporters that President Biden would not pardon his son.
“We’ve been asked that question multiple times, [and] our answer stands, which is no,” she said in November.
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