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According to Axios, Jean-Pierre is preventing Kirby from joining her on stage at White House press conferences.
Over the past two months, Kirby has been largely absent from the press conference room, despite the continued escalation of fighting in the Middle East.
Kirby’s reduced presence coincided with the departure of Anita Dunn, the White House’s chief communications aide, this summer, and Jean-Pierre has taken more control of the briefing room since then.
With disagreement between them, the matter had to be sent to White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients for the final decision.
People familiar with the relationship between the two parties said: “Jean-Pierre believes that Kirby’s presence gave the impression that she needed a sponsor, and she regrets that she does not have the authority to decide when Kirby will join the meetings.
For his part, White House spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement to Axios: “Jean-Pierre and Kirby have had a respectful relationship in recent weeks, there has been a wide range of guests in the briefing room and we communicating about urgent domestic matters.”
A National Security Council spokesman said: “Karen and John have vital jobs working together to inform the American people about the President’s foreign policy agenda and the steps he takes every day to to keep his people safe.”
The White House told The New York Times in February that Kirby’s place at the podium would diminish as the Middle East crisis escalated.
But that conflict has intensified, and Kirby’s absence has frustrated many current and former White House officials, who believe he would be helpful. for him to be on the gold at this time.
Kirby is a former State Department spokesman and twice served as Pentagon press secretary.
Several current and former Biden supporters noted that it was no insult to Jean-Pierre that Kirby had more experience talking about foreign affairs than she did.
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According to Axios, Jean-Pierre is preventing Kirby from joining her on stage at White House press conferences.
Over the past two months, Kirby has been largely absent from the press conference room, despite the continued escalation of fighting in the Middle East.
Kirby’s reduced presence coincided with the departure of Anita Dunn, the White House’s chief communications aide, this summer, and Jean-Pierre has taken more control of the briefing room since then.
With disagreement between them, the matter had to be sent to White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients for the final decision.
People familiar with the relationship between the two parties said: “Jean-Pierre believes that Kirby’s presence gave the impression that she needed a sponsor, and she regrets that she does not have the authority to decide when Kirby will join the meetings.
For his part, White House spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement to Axios: “Jean-Pierre and Kirby have had a respectful relationship in recent weeks, there has been a wide range of guests in the briefing room and we communicating about urgent domestic matters.”
A National Security Council spokesman said: “Karen and John have vital jobs working together to inform the American people about the President’s foreign policy agenda and the steps he takes every day to to keep his people safe.”
The White House told The New York Times in February that Kirby’s place at the podium would diminish as the Middle East crisis escalated.
But that conflict has intensified, and Kirby’s absence has frustrated many current and former White House officials, who believe he would be helpful. be on gold at this time.
Kirby is a former State Department spokesman and twice served as Pentagon press secretary.
Several current and former Biden supporters noted that it was no insult to Jean-Pierre that Kirby had more experience talking about foreign affairs than she did.
