Former first lady Michelle Obama ignited a firestorm by making bigoted statements about Americans, and even prominent leftists aren't happy with her flippant comments.
Obama was conducting a book tour at the Brooklyn Academy of Music last week when she claimed that America isn't ready for a female president and cited that as her reason for not running for president in 2028.
Speaking to actress Tracee Ellis Ross, Obama said, "As we saw in the past election, sadly, we ain’t ready. That’s why I’m like, don’t even look at me about running, because you all are lying. You’re not ready for a woman. You are not. So don’t waste my time."
However, it only got worse as Obama became downright condescending when she said, "We got a lot of growing up to do and there’s still, sadly, a lot of men who do not feel like they can be led by a woman, and we saw it."
This remark predictably made many Americans angry, and even leftists like 'Real Time' host Bill Maher and ex-DNC chair Donna Brazile blasted Obama for her divisive and inaccurate comments.
The Obama couple has made a massive career out of pushing grievance politics and dividing Americans, but many people are sick of it. So much for hope and change.
On Friday's showing of “Real Time," Maher tore into Obama saying, "She was in the news this week, Michelle Obama. She has a book out. A coffee table book. Her statement, I was rather shocked by it. To me, this is logical fallacy 101. Just because we weren’t ready or didn’t like the candidates, Hillary and Kamala, doesn’t mean we are not ready for a woman."
He continued by saying, "I think it’s a bad attitude. We said we weren’t ready for a black president and someone, I can’t remember who maybe she remembers, said maybe it just has to be the right one."
Brazile chimed in by pointing out that Hillary Clinton actually won the popular vote in 2016 despite losing in the electoral college. Obama's assertion that Americans aren't ready for a woman president is absurd considering two women very nearly became president.
The real issue is that those two candidates, Clinton and former Vice President Kamala Harris, were some of the worst candidates in American history.
Furthermore, both of those candidates attempted to leverage their status as women to guilt Americans into voting for them. The reality is that the right woman candidate would win an election, but not just any woman.
The harsh reality is that Michelle Obama is likely not running for president in 2028 due to the fact that she simply isn't that great of a candidate. The stock of the Obama name has cratered in recent years as the luster has worn off with increased scrutiny of her husband's record.
Michelle Obama has come up as a possible candidate for the Democrat Party because of their lack of good candidates. Democrats were forced to run a geriatric Joe Biden twice in a row, and the results were far from ideal.
The less said about former Vice President Kamala Harris, the better. At this stage, a presidential run could do more damage to Obama's image for little reward. Of course, that's assuming the Obamas don't continue to make inflammatory statements that anger large swaths of Americans.
