Karine Jean-Pierre Quotes

Karine Jean-Pierre

Profession : Public Servant

Birth : August 13, 1974

I grew up in Hempstead, NY, and my very first job was working for an environmental organization.

Karine Jean-Pierre

I grew up being told to keep my problems inside. And that's what I did. But so many of my problems stemmed from thinking that my family would be better off without me.

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I spent my whole childhood, my college years, thinking that I was going to be a doctor.

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I will never forget working in the White House for the first Black president.

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It can be really hard to ask for help when you need it, but that's why you have a network of supporters! They're there to support you. Let them.

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AIPAC's values are not progressive values.

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I am one of those people... where statistically I am not supposed to be where I am today, statistically that's what I was told growing up. I am not supposed to be in the space having an office in the West Wing.

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Being a teacher was very important to me.

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Being an advocate and a voice was very important to me.

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When you ask who I am, my parents are from Haiti. So we have an amazing history of the first Black republic... that is something that I hold very dear, very close to me.

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Democratic lawmakers increasingly rely on people of color to show up at the polls to remain in office, but following an unfortunately familiar pattern, then ignore the views of the very people responsible for voting them into office.

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The 2018 elections gave Democrats a landslide victory in the House and showed that voters are eager if not desperate to hold Trump accountable.

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Nixon's impeachment-forced resignation gutted trust of the Republican party for years.

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I was a phone canvasser, and I was terrible at it. It's really hard to ask for money, especially over the phone.

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I once had a job where I was essentially a fundraiser assistant. It was a volunteer thing I was doing, and I didn't like it.

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Representation does matter. You hear us say this often in this administration, and no one understands this better than President Biden.

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If a person espouses hatred, we need to call that out.

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Voters are excited about progressive candidates because they're fighting for our interests, not special interests.

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Progressive candidates don't hesitate when it comes to supporting universal health care, or the fight for $15 minimum wage, or the right to vote.

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Trump wants people like me and my family to be scared. He leads out of fear, because that's what he is: fearful, of who we are and what we are capable of when we use hope and love to guide us.

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