If the last few months have exposed anything, it’s that the fallout from the Biden White House isn’t over — not by a long shot.
Former Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, long the administration’s most visible defender of President Biden’s cognitive fitness, is back in the headlines, and not for reasons she would’ve preferred.
According to Politico, Jean-Pierre had her sights set on a co-hosting gig at ABC’s The View after leaving her post at the White House. But not only did the gig never materialize, she was allegedly passed over — a quiet but telling rejection from one of the few TV tables that reliably leans in her ideological favor. The reason? Apparently, even The View didn’t bite.
It didn’t take long for conservative commentators to react. On her SiriusXM program, Megyn Kelly pulled no punches. “How dumb do you have to be to get rejected from The View?” she asked, pointing out the irony of being passed over by a show not exactly known for its intellectual rigor.
BlazeTV’s Stu Burguiere added to the blow, saying The View’s programming strategy was “to find the four dumbest people on the planet and put them around a table,” and that Jean-Pierre didn’t even make that cut. The message couldn’t be clearer: the former press secretary has become a punchline in a spectacle she once helped manage.
This rejection comes as Jean-Pierre attempts to reshape her narrative. She just announced her own book project — and a departure from the Democratic Party, citing “betrayal” within its ranks. Timing is everything.
The Biden administration is already under the microscope, especially following the release of Original Sin by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson. The book paints a portrait of internal panic during the twilight of Biden’s presidency, including moments when aides allegedly considered putting the president in a wheelchair after the 2020 election due to his visible decline.
Through it all, Jean-Pierre served as the administration’s firewall. When videos surfaced showing Biden stumbling, freezing mid-sentence, or looking visibly disoriented, she dismissed them as “cheap fakes” and blamed Republican operatives. But the damage control never worked. The videos kept coming, the polling cratered, and Biden ultimately bowed out of the 2024 race.
That leaves Jean-Pierre in a precarious position: too closely tied to a failed administration to be embraced by a public that’s moved on, and too radioactive even for partisan talk shows desperate for ratings. Her decision to release a tell-all book and burn bridges with the Democratic establishment might be her last chance to remain relevant — or at least profitable.