‘Screw You’: KJP Lashes Out At Critics Of Her Habit Of Constantly Reminding Everyone She’s Black And Queer

Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre expressed anger about the backlash she has faced for constantly highlighting her identity on a Tuesday episode of “Higher Learning.”

During her book tour, Jean-Pierre has consistently reminded the public that she was the first black, lesbian woman to serve as a press secretary for a president, receiving criticism from pundits including Megyn Kelly, Cenk Uygur and James Carville. On the podcast, she lashed out at critics of her focus on identity, saying it enraged her because they do not understand her life.

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“t pisses me off that people who have not walked in my shoes, who have no idea who really I am as a person, get to tell me how I get to identify myself or not … you can’t tell me how I get to identify myself,” the former White House press secretary said. “You can’t tell me how I get to call myself. Like, screw you … that’s not okay.”

“You have no right to tell anybody how they should identify themselves and how they see themselves in the world,” she added. “You have not walked through my battles. You have not walked through my life. You don’t even know my personal story … that just boils me up.”

Jean-Pierre released her book “Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines