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Karine Jean-Pierre: 1st Gay Person to Lead White House Press Briefing

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Karine Jean-Pierre made history Wednesday when she led the daily White House press briefing.Jean-Pierre, filling in for White House press secretary Jen Psaki, was the first openly LGBTQ+ person to ever lead a press briefing (she's a lesbian) and the first Black woman to address the White House press corps in three decades.In her briefing, Jean-Pierre first highlighted new hirings in the administration, which included women of color such as Kristen Clark, the new head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, and Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, who will head up the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare.Jean-Pierre then answered questions on the administration's plans to find the origins of the coronavirus and details on Wednesday's mass.

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