Biden’s press secretary ditches Democrats

Karine Jean-Pierre, who served as White House press secretary under President Joe Biden, said she’s left the Democratic Party and is now an independent.

Ms. Jean-Pierre, whose tenure at the briefing room podium was marked by frequent sparring with reporters over Mr. Biden’s cognitive decline and his administration’s left-wing policies, said she’s now part of “the growing fractured electorate that is independent,” according to a new book she’s writing.

Ms. Jean-Pierre’s “revelatory assessment of America’s broken two-party system” goes on sale in October, according to her publisher, Hatchette Book Group.

Her book, titled “Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines,” assails “blind loyalty” to the Democrats and Republicans and advocates for political independence.

“Jean-Pierre didn’t come to her decision to be an Independent lightly,” a short preview of the book reveals. “She takes us through the three weeks that led to Biden’s abandoning his bid for a second term and the betrayal by the Democratic Party that led to his decision.”

Ms. Jean-Pierre is a longtime Democratic operative. She worked in the Obama administration and served as a senior adviser in Mr. Biden’s 2020 campaign. She later was Vice President Kamala Harris’ chief of staff and