Karine Jean-Pierre

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July 27, 2020 6:08PM EDT

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Karine Jean-Pierre

Karine Jean-Pierre — Former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign for the November 2020 election is hitting the ground running, thanks to his dedicated team which includes Senior Advisor, Karine Jean -Pierre. Pierre, 42, is a Haitian-American campaign organizer, who previously worked on campaigns for John Edwards, Martin O’Malley and Barack Obama and served in President Obama’s White House. She was raised in Queens, New York, currently lives in Washington DC and is mom to a 6 year-old daughter.She has also worked as a senior advisor for MoveOn.org, a progressive political group, is the author of Moving Forward and regularly appears on cable news shows on MSNBC and NBC News as a political analyst.

Jean- Pierre calls the 2020 presidential election, ‘ the most consequential election of our lifetimes’ in an exclusive interview with Hollywoodlife.com. She also describes it as the nost challenging because of Covid- 19. ‘ We are running a campaign that’s never been done before- a virtual campaign and against the type of opponent ( Donald Trump) that no one has ever seen before’. But she is fully confident that ‘ Joe Biden is up for it. I think we ( the Biden tcampaign team) are all up for it. We are going to make it happen. We have to so that’s what we are doimng every day.” Jean- Pierre confesses that she is ‘ fearful for the country I love and fearful for my daughter and the people of this country, if we do not take back the White House on November 3rd.”Pictured here, Pierre poses before a talk at the 92nd Street Y on October 7,2018 in New York. She shares all of her hopes for the presidential election of 2020 with HollywoodLife in an exclusive interview, and this gallery showcases Pierre’s passion for politics as a woman in America. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

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Karine Jean-Pierre Smiles With Tarana Burke

Karine Jean-Pierre Smiles With Tarana Burke — #metoo founder Tarana Burke smiles with Karine Jean-Pierre before their talk at the 92nd Street Y on October 7, 2018, in New York City. As a proud African American, gay woman living in the United States, Pierre is passionate about fighting for an end to systemic racism, sexual misconduct and more. Pierre tells HollywoodLife in an exclusive interview “I’m a Black woman, and I am a gay woman. I’m an immigrant and I just feel that I’ve got it all… now, Trump. This is someone that hates everything that I am, right? Jean-Pierre tells Hollywoodlife that she is grateful for the Black Lives Matter protesters standing up and making sure their voices are heard. “Systemic racism is inherent in structural and impactful parts of our society. It’s going to take changes in policies and resources”, she points out. ” To fix what’s broken and dismantle racism. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

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Karine Shines On The Red Carpet At White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner

Karine Shines On The Red Carpet At White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner — Karine walks the red carpet, glowing in a stunning orange halter dress at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington D.C. on April 27, 2019. In an exclusive interview with HollywoodLife, she speaks fondly of her campaign work: “Clearly, 10 years ago, I worked on the 2008 campaign, but I didn’t get to know Joe Biden. Then I came in for the general election and then I went into the White House, and then I was the Northeast Regional political director. And so one of the opportunities that I had was to travel with Joe Biden because he was going into my states that I was managing, you know, Massachusetts, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey, and I got to travel with him, I got to staff him and I got to brief him. I got to know him really close and see the type of decent, kind, human being that he truly, truly is”. (Photo by Jeff Malet) Newscom/(Mega Agency).

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Karine Enthusiastically Speaks At The People’s State Of The Union

Karine Enthusiastically Speaks At The People’s State Of The Union — As the senior advisor and national spokeswoman for MoveOn.org, Karine enthusiastically speaks at “The People’s State Of The Union” at The Town Hall Theater in New York City, on Monday, January 29, 2018. Toda, she works and speaks out passionately for Joe Biden as a Senior Advisor on his campaign team. ” Joe Biden has called on Americans to come together to act to meet this moment where we see an opening , unlike any other, to start to break down systemic racism and create a more equitable country”, she tells Hollywoodlife in an exclusive interview. (Photo by Cheriss May)(Sipa via AP Images).

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Karine’s Passion For Politics Carries Into The 2020 Presidential Election

Karine’s Passion For Politics Carries Into The 2020 Presidential Election — Karine Jean-Pierre is directing her energy and passion to electing Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, just as she was dedicated to working for the progressive organization, MoveOn.org association. But she urges voters to also think hard and make sure to vote for their representatives in the Senate and the House of representatives. ” I say to folks- it’s about the presidency but it’s also about the Senate and holding on to the House and voting down ballot as well. We need to come out and vote for all these things,” she tells Hollywoodlife. ” We need all of them in order to make real change.”. She also believes that Biden has a unique ability to bring people of all political views, back together , in order to enact his plans for the country to ‘Build Back Better’. (Photo by Sipa USA via AP.)

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