Karine Jean-Pierre calls Karoline Leavitt 'deplorable' for remarks about Democrats

"I do want to say something to the first clip that you all just showed, which is hearing that, it's deplorable," Jean-Pierre said. "And I'm using that word on purpose. Because they don't seem to understand, this is the Trump White House, that they don't work for just one man. They work for the American people."

"The White House press secretary is not about doing online trolling," Jean-Pierre said. "It is not. It is an honor and a privilege to have that job and to speak on behalf of the most powerful person in the world. And there is a level of respect for the freedom of the press, even if you disagree with them."

"It doesn't help with the partisanship that we're seeing right now. And also, that is not what the White House is supposed to be about. It's supposed to be about every American person, every voter, every citizen, everyone that lives in this country," Jean-Pierre said. 

The White House didn't respond to a request for comment.

Jean-Pierre left the party earlier this year to become an independent. In the book, Jean-Pierre said she was disgusted by how Democrats treated Biden after his poor debate performance against Trump last year, ultimately pressuring him to leave the 2024 White House race.

She has been widely promoting the book, also doing interviews with "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," "CBS Mornings" and NPR this week.

"You're talking to a guy who helped raise $25 million for Joe Biden in March of that same year," Colbert told Jean-Pierre. "And three months later, I saw a guy who I had not seen backstage at the benefit that I did. It seemed like a dramatically different person. And at 81 years old, that's not entirely unexpected. You can imagine why people got so worried."