The Russian state TV hosts laughed as they said Jean-Pierre would be “replaced” in a month or two by a “White, heterosexual male.”
They claimed Jean-Pierre, the first Black, gay, and immigrant woman to hold the role of White House press secretary, was not chosen for her “professional abilities.”
Instead, the TV hosts persisted with a racist and sexist farce on the state-owned Russian television channel Russia 1, where they said that she only got the job because she is a “dark-skinned immigrant.”
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Jean-Pierre, 47, became the first Black, openly gay White House press secretary on Monday. She was born in Fort-de-France, Martinique, and is the daughter of Haitian parents. Her family moved to New York City when she was five.
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Referring to her historic position in her first press briefing on Monday, Jean-Pierre said: “I am obviously acutely aware that my presence at this podium represents a few firsts.
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“I am a Black gay immigrant woman, the first of all three of those to hold this position. I would not be here today if it were not for generations of barrier-breaking people before me. I stand on their shoulders.”
The Russian state TV hosts used footage of Jean-Pierre at her first press conference to mock her.
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Speaking with a video of Jean-Pierre holding her first briefing behind him, Russian host Evgeny Popov told his fellow pundits: “This girl will make it for a month or two, then she’ll be replaced, to your satisfaction. “They’ll replace her with a white, heterosexual male.”
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Fellow host Olga Skabeeva chuckled as she said: “Let’s live long enough to see it.”
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Pundit Andrei Sidorchik smiled as he added: ‘She admits not being chosen for professional abilities, but because she is a dark-skinned immigrant, and this was secured by her predecessors.
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“When she makes mistakes, that will be her excuse. “I'm not a professional, I was chosen for other reasons.”
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Popov continued: “I read many books, graduated from a University, I did my PhD thesis on such and such a topic, I speak many languages... but that’s not what it takes to represent the United States at the White House.”
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“It's more important to be... like that,” Popov said as he pointed to Jean-Pierre in the video playing in the background. “But at least she’s cute.”
The Russian hosts’ claims about Jean-Pierre, who has worked on multiple presidential campaigns, achieved a master’s degree in public Administration, and worked as a deputy White House press secretary for months, have been slammed as baseless by critics.