On Saturday, former First Lady Michelle Obama ripped the crowd that attended President Trump’s 2017 inauguration, snapping that they were “not reflective of the country.”
Speaking at the Essence Festival in New Orleans with CNN host Gayle King, Michelle Obama stated, “And then we had to meet the Trumps. That day was very emotional and then to sit at that inauguration and to look around at a crowd that was not reflective of the country, and I had to sit in that audience, one of a handful of people of color, and then listen to that speech, all that I had sort of held on to for eight years, watching my husband get raked over the coals, feeling like we had to do everything perfectly, so by the time I got on that plane, it was release of eight years of having to try to show up, as we all know we have to do, not only perfectly but a little bit better than perfect to even be considered equal.”
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