Out White House official Karine Jean-Pierre is the first Black woman to hold a briefing in 30 years

Karine Jean-Pierre at BookExpo at the Javits Center in New York City, May 2019.
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The Biden White House has made history once again. Karine Jean-Pierre, the principal deputy White House Secretary, became the second Black woman and the first out Black woman to host an official White House Press Brief.

She delivered a briefing for about 16 minutes on March 31, standing mid-flight aboard Air Force One.

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The plane was en-route to Pittsburgh, where the President was promoting his American Jobs plan, a $2 trillion package to expand and update infrastructure. She took questions on the plan, Biden’s conversation with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and the Derek Chauvin trial.

Hunter Walker, the White House Correspondent for Yahoo! News, tweeted a photo he took of Jean-Pierre delivering the brief as he “had the sense I was witnessing history.”

Walker noted that she also…

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