Michelle Obama: ‘Why on Earth Is This Race Even Close?’
The former first lady speaks directly to men in her first campaign rally with Kamala Harris.
Former First Lady Michelle Obama pleaded with voters, voiced her own fear about the future if presidential candidate Kamala Harris isn’t elected, and urged men to step up their support for the democratic nominee in her first appearance on the campaign trail Saturday with the vice president in Michigan.
To the crowd, Obama said she felt frustrated and angry about the draw former President Donald Trump has given his history as a convicted felon.
“Trump’s criminal record would be embarrassing, shameful and disqualifying,” she said. “I am praying we will snap out of whatever fog we are in…” and “turn the page on the ugliness for once and for all.”
The rally in Kalamazoo was the first appearance the former first lady has made on the campaign trail s…
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