‘Don’t Let Anyone Ever Tell You That This Country Isn’t Great,’ Says Michelle Obama, Who Once Said She Wasn’t Proud Of Her Country

On Monday night, First Lady Michelle Obama gave a speech that became the talk of the Democratic National Convention. There’s only one problem: that speech will, in the end, actually hurt Democrats.

Partially, the speech became the talk of the convention because it was a rare unifying moment seized upon by the media to press forward Hillary Clinton’s candidacy. But it also became the talk of the convention because of its rare focus on uplift.