“I appreciate the historic nature. I really do, but I believe that being behind this podium, being in this room, being in this building is not about one person. It’s about what we do on behalf of the American people,” Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House’s principal deputy press secretary, said when asked by a reporter about the historic nature of her leading the White House’s daily press briefing, per Politico. Yesterday, she became the second Black woman behind the White House briefing lecturn.
