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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gino Spocchia

Russian TV hosts mock White House press secretary for not being ‘white, heterosexual male’

Russia-1 / Julia Davis / Twitter

The hosts of a Russian nightly talk show have taken aim at new White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre for being the first Black, gay woman to hold the position.

Ms Jean-Pierre took to the podium of the White House briefing room on Monday to hail “barrier-breaking people’’ who she said had enabled her to reach the position despite being Black and LGBT+.

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