Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre wrote in her new book that she didn’t think former Vice President Kamala Harris would win the election.

“When I woke up, it was over. Harris had lost. I received calls from friends who were distraught or numb with disbelief. But I wasn’t surprised by the outcome. The truth was, I never really believed Harris could win. I’d been in the body of a Black woman all my life. I’d stood at the podium in the White House briefing room, traveled in my chocolate skin through rural towns, and all my experiences of blistering stares and racist assumptions left me unable to see this country electing a president who looked like me,” she wrote in her book, “Independent.”

Jean-Pierre’s new book details her decision to leave the Democratic Party,

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