Former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is breaking ranks with the Democratic Party and airing sharp criticisms of the Biden administration in a forthcoming memoir that’s already sending shockwaves through Washington. In the book, titled Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines, Jean-Pierre reveals she is no longer a Democrat and says she has officially registered as an Independent.
Once a rising star in Democratic circles, Jean-Pierre now paints a portrait of dysfunction, betrayal, and internal chaos inside the Biden White House—particularly in the turbulent weeks leading up to President Biden’s abrupt decision to exit the 2024 re-election race. She characterizes that period as one marked by backroom power plays, miscommunication, and a sense that the administration had lost its moral and political compass.
In a video teasing the release of her book, Jean-Pierre says the country needs to “stop thinking in boxes” and calls for an end to rigid partisanship. “It’s time to think outside the party lines,” she states, explaining that her departure from the Democratic Party is rooted in a deeper disappointment with how political loyalty has replaced leadership.
Her tenure as Biden’s press secretary was heavily criticized, with detractors often accusing her of being unprepared, evasive, and overly reliant on scripted answers. Yet in her memoir, she reportedly flips the narrative, placing much of the blame on a White House that was disorganized behind the scenes and disconnected from the American people.
Insiders say Jean-Pierre’s account lifts the curtain on a crumbling administration and a party at war with itself. Some Democrats have already lashed out, accusing her of opportunism and disloyalty. But others quietly admit her revelations reflect what many in the party have felt but dared not say out loud.
The book, set for release in October, is expected to be one of the most talked-about political memoirs in years—an insider’s account of an administration that promised unity and stability but, according to one of its former top spokeswomen, delivered neither.