Karine Jean-Pierre mocked for incoherent New Yorker interview about new book: 'Absolute train wreck'

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre went off the rails in an interview with The New Yorker while promoting her new book 'Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines'.

In the book, released on October 21, the 51-year-old revealed that she left the Democratic Party after seeing how they treated former President Joe Biden.

Karine Jean-Pierre's New Yorker interview turns combative

As the interview began, Isaac Chotiner of The New Yorker asked Karine Jean-Pierre why she thought the Democratic Party was trying to undermine Joe Biden.

After a few similar questions, Jean-Pierre started talking about how she began to think about how to treat people and how it relates to her as a Black woman.

Meanwhile, Chotiner said, "Sorry, I’m not trying to be dense. I’m a little unclear about what this has to do with Democratic leaders and many Democrats in the country thinking that Joe Biden was going to lose to Donald Trump — which was what the polls all showed — and therefore thinking that he should be replaced." 

Jean-Pierre then replied, "Ok, wait a minute. Hold on a second. Nobody knows anything. Nobody knows what would’ve happened. People also thought that if you replace Joe Biden we were going to win, or have a better chance of winning."

"Millions of people who showed up in 2020 didn’t show up in 2024. We can’t forget that there was an incumbency issue as well. This is real. There are, like, several G-10 countries with incumbents who did not get reelected. There was an incumbency issue as well," she added.

Not impressed with the reply, Chotiner said, "I’m not sure what you’re saying," as Jean-Pierre argued, "No, no, no. Wait a minute. You are saying that this was their thinking, and they were kind of predicting. But nobody knew what was going to happen." 

She went on to say, "Nobody knew that Joe Biden was going to win in 2020. Nobody knew what was going to happen in 2024. People believed in their hearts that Kamala was going to win. They believed it. They saw the polling and they thought she was going to win, looking at the polling. Nobody knew anything. I’m only bringing up the polls because you brought up the polls to me."

The New Yorker pressed Jean-Pierre for clarity on her argument, mirroring what she wrote in the book.

However, in many answers, she seemed flustered and repeated "No, no" or "Wait a minute, wait a minute."

Journalists dub Karine Jean-Pierre's New Yorker interview 'incoherent', 'career-ending'

Karine Jean-Pierre was trolled online following her The New Yorker interview about her new book, as critics described it as "incoherent," "entertaining," "hilarious," and "career-ending".

Political commentators and journalists took jabs at the former White House press secretary as they posted screenshots of the interview, pointing to different parts of the conversation.

The New York Times columnist David French wrote, "Good Lord. Read this entire interview. It's hard to even begin to describe Karine Jean-Pierre's answers. They are largely incoherent."

Meanwhile, New York Post correspondent Lydia Moynihan remarked, "One of the more entertaining interviews I’ve ever read."

Similarly, Semafor's David Weigel wrote, "Turns out you can do a career-ending interview even after your career is over."

Moreover, 'Ruthless' podcast co-host Michael Duncan said, "This is one of the most hilarious interviews I've ever read."

The Atlantic's Jonathan Chait asked on X, "How was KJP hired for her job in the first place?"

Atlantic Council's Rachel Rizzo also shared the screenshot of the interview and wrote, "Good summation of this absolute train wreck of an interview."

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