Michelle Obama: Who’s going to tell Trump the presidency is a ‘Black job?’
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In a rousing speech at the DNC, Michelle Obama spoke about the racism she and Barack Obama experienced during their eight years in the White House.
Michelle Obama returned to her hometown of Chicago Tuesday night to deliver a rousing and forceful endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris during the second night of the Democratic National Convention. Throughout the speech, the former first lady didn’t mince words when she spoke about Donald Trump and the threat she feels he poses to the country and democracy. And, in perhaps her most frank and public comments to date, Obama spoke about the racism she and Barack Obama experienced during their eight years in the White House – attacks that were often perpetuated by Trump, the architect of the so-called “birtherism” conspiracy. “For years, Donald Trump did everything in his power to try to make people fear us,” she said. “His limited narrow view of the world made him feel threatened by the existence of two hard-working, highly educated, successful people – who happen to be Black.” “Wait, I want to know – who’s going to tell him that the job he’s currently seeking might just be one of those ‘Black jobs’?” she said. The allusion to a widely criticized remark Trump made during CNN’s presidential debate earned loud cheers from the thousands of delegates at the convention.
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