5 things you may not know about White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki
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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki talks to reporters during her daily news briefing at the White House February 01, 2021 in Washington, DC.Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, a veteran political communicator, has become the face of the Biden administration since her first press briefing on Inauguration Day.
Psaki, 42, is known for her calm delivery of President Joe Biden’s plans, making few stumbles and rarely mentioning his predecessor.
But you may not realize that the woman who now speaks to the whole country has her roots in the Greenwich-Stamford area. Here are five things you should know about Jen Psaki.
Washington Free Beacon House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) / Getty Images
February 22, 2021 5:00 AM
After calling for an end to partisan gerrymandering, House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) quietly funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to former attorney general Eric Holder s effort to redraw electoral maps in favor of Democrats, filings show.
Pelosi s leadership PAC, PAC to the Future, pushed $300,000 to Holder s National Democratic Redistricting Committee late last year. In 2019, Pelosi said partisan gerrymandering efforts compromise the integrity of our democracy.
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Holder’s group is gearing up for a once-a-decade redistricting process that significantly influences which party controls Congress. It will serve as a data and legal hub and as a go-between for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and state legislatures, according to
Biden and his aides work to ignore Trump - but it won t be easy
Ashley Parker and Matt Viser, The Washington Post
Feb. 22, 2021
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President Joe Biden is shown at the White House in Washington on Feb. 10, 2021.Washington Post photo by Bill O Leary
WASHINGTON - During the campaign, the guidance from President Joe Biden s team was clear: Engage with Donald Trump as little as possible.
Now, after riding that strategy to the White House, the directive on when to engage with the former president is even starker: Never, said Biden communications director Kate Bedingfield. Joe Biden is president, and we re focused on what we re doing, day in and day out, Bedingfield said. The focus is entirely on President Biden s agenda, and Donald Trump doesn t factor in that for us.