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Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called out actor George Clooney in her new book over what she described as a "gut punch" to former President Joe Biden , referring to Clooney's brutal New York Times essay calling on Biden to leave the 2024 presidential race.

"When I woke up, the piece was there, splayed across the pages of The New York Times. The headline? 'George Clooney: I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee.' I read it in disbelief," Jean-Pierre wrote in her new book, "Independent."

Clooney wrote a guest essay for the Times in July 2024 that called on Biden to exit the race. It became one of several major moments in the pressure campaign urging him to step aside from what many Democrats viewe

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