Katie Miller Calls Karine Jean-Pierre a ‘DEI’ Hire Who Was Picked ‘Based on Skin Color’

Former Trump White House official Katie Miller described former Biden White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre as a “DEI” hire on CNN, Tuesday, arguing she was picked over more suitable candidates because she is a gay, Black woman.

Reacting on CNN’s The Lead to the recent criticism over Jean-Pierre’s performance in the White House, as well as her controversial interview with the New Yorker this week, Miller told host Jake Tapper:

I saw her interview this morning in the New Yorker, if it came out today or yesterday, but I think what you’re seeing and what Karen is attesting to is that she is quite incompetent to do the job, right? This is what Republicans have been saying for years now, is that she is just another evidence that DEI doesn’t work, whether that’s in the White House in your press secretary role or whether that’s, you know, an air traffic controller, an air pilot, whether that’s your doctor. You know, you want to hire the best for the role, not just based on skin color, Jake. Why did she get the job over John Kirby?

Former Hillary Clinton spokesperson Karen Finney responded, “You know, gay woman is DEI, but a white woman who is behind the podium right now, which DEI initially started as affirmative action, which was about affirmatively hiring women and minorities, why is one DEI and the other is not?”

“Why did she get the job over John Kirby?” shot back Miller. “Because as everyone has said this week, she is woefully incompetent.”

Tapper then weighed in, “I will just say she used to be a commentator on CNN, then she was one on MSNBC, and she was good at that. Like, I mean, without getting into the job I thought she did as press secretary, it didn’t seem crazy to me because she was eloquent as a commentator.”

“Why is she trained every four sentences to say she is a Black, queer, LGBTQ woman?” Miller concluded. “Because that’s how she’s been promoted her entire career.”

Watch above via CNN.

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