Karine Jean-Pierre

Name: Independent
ISBN: 9781538777107

Public Servant

1974-08-13

Books by Karine Jean-Pierre

Moving Forward

A Story of Hope, Hard Work, and the Promise of America
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Independent

A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines
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Quotes by Karine Jean-Pierre

Many people when they file their taxes, they count on the funds that they're going to get back from their tax returns.
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My father worked as a taxi driver in New York City, waking up at 4:00 A.M. most days to make it to the taxi line at John F. Kennedy International Airport to pick up passengers from the first international flights.
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Unfortunately, AIPAC's policy and conference speaker choices aren't its only problems. Its severely racist, Islamophobic rhetoric has proven just as alarming. The organization has become known for trafficking in anti-Muslim and anti-Arab rhetoric while lifting up Islamophobic voices and attitudes.
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Treating people the way you'd want to be treated is the golden rule for a reason! It applies to life and to networking.
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For most of my adult life, I've walked around in a body that's been undervalued, under skepticism and underestimated.
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I had a lot of ups and downs. Being an immigrant in this country is incredibly difficult.
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As a former political analyst for MSNBC, I'm used to speaking extemporaneously. But there's one line I have memorized - my credentials. Here it is: I've worked on four presidential campaigns, served in the White House, run political campaigns and graduated from and teach at an Ivy League institution.
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Donald Trump entered the business world as a racist, he entered the 2016 election as a racist, and he entered the White House as a racist.
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My parents witnessed firsthand in Haiti that if you stop speaking up, one day you'll wake up afraid to speak. They came to America so they'd never be afraid of speaking up again.
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We were wrong when we defined 'civility' as saying the wrong things the right way.
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While the writers of the U.S. Constitution could not have predicted Trump's exact wrongdoing, they were able to imagine a scenario in which accountability was needed over the president - and that's why they created impeachment.
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I think if you are passionate about what you want to be or where you want to go and you work very hard to that goal, it will happen. And, yes, you'll be knocked down and you'll have some tough times. And it won't be easy all the time, but the rewards are pretty amazing, especially if you stay true to yourself.
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