Report: Biden May Select First Black Woman To Become Press Secretary

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 17: Chief Public Affairs Officer/MoveOn and MSNBC Political Analyst Karine Jean-Pierre attends the discussion "Inspiring Activism" at Build Studio on January 17, 2020 in New York City. (P... NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 17: Chief Public Affairs Officer/MoveOn and MSNBC Political Analyst Karine Jean-Pierre attends the discussion "Inspiring Activism" at Build Studio on January 17, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President-elect Joe Biden has begun filling positions for his administration, and after making history by selecting the first woman who became the vice president-elect, he may be on the brink of another first — tapping the first Black woman to be named White House press secretary, NBC News reported on Wednesday. 

Multiple officials stressed to the network that a final decision has not yet been made but that Karine Jean-Pierre, a former Obama official who served as senior adviser to Biden and became chief of staff to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris when she was named Biden’s running mate in August, has emerged ahead of the pack as a strong candidate for the position. 

Biden campaign senior adviser Symone Sanders, who worked on Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) 2016 presidential campaign, has also been discussed for the top communications role and has made her own interests in filling the seat clear.

Both Jean-Pierre and Sanders also share backgrounds in political commentary on major news networks. Jean-Pierre has appeared as an MSNBC political analyst and Sanders was a political commentator on CNN.

The potential hires would follow earlier announcements for key staffing in the Biden White House, including chief of staff Ron Klain and his deputy, former Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon.

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  1. Avatar for schmed schmed says:

    Now, this is some damn GOOD NEWS!
    (Love those cheeks, Karine!)

  2. Wow! Hope it’s true.

  3. I like both of them, but I love Karine Jean-Pierre! It would thrill me to pieces if she were named the White House Press Secretary.

  4. Has Mitch McConnell OK’d this?

  5. Karine Jean-Pierre–MPA from Columbia, and prior white house experience. What’s this with having qualified people? But will she never lie to us?

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