Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre published a new book on Tuesday.

Jean-Pierre, who served in the role for former President Biden from mid-2022 until he left office, writes in “Independent” about the shocking end to her boss’s reelection campaign, then-Vice President Harris’s unsuccessful bid for the White House, and the challenges she faced in the briefing room and behind the scenes.

The book’s title is a reference to Jean-Pierre’s shifting political identity. She no longer considers herself a Democrat — an announcement that caused a stir when it became public prior to the book’s publication.

Beyond that, here are the main takeaways.

Jean-Pierre pushes back on reports of Biden’s cognitive decline

The former press secretary is adamant she saw no evidence that Biden’s faculties were dimming — including at the disastrous TV debate with Trump that proved to be the beginning of the end.

She blames Biden’s poor performance in that encounter on a cold and travel-related fatigue.

Jean-Pierre also takes issue with “Original Sin,” the book by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson that alleged Biden and his aides concealed his mental diminishment.

She writes that she “saw Biden every day and saw no such decline,” adding that she has no intention of reading the Tapper and Thompson book. Its central thesis “does not track with what I saw in the White House,” she reiterates.

Jean-Pierre makes plain her frustration about what happened during the turbulent weeks when........

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