Former first lady Michelle Obama revealed in an interview this month that she could not stand former President Barack Obama for a decade during the early years of their marriage.
Michelle Obama made the remarks during an <a href="https://www.revolt.tv/tag/michelle-obama/">interview</a> with Revolt TV, saying: &#8220;People think I&#8217;m being catty for saying this: it&#8217;s like, there were 10 years where I couldn&#8217;t stand my husband.&#8221;
&#8220;And guess when it happened? When those kids were little,&#8221; she said, explaining that little kids &#8220;have demands. They don&#8217;t talk. They&#8217;re poor communicators. They cry all the time. They&#8217;re irrational. They&#8217;re needy. And you love them more than anything. And so you can&#8217;t blame them. So you turn that ire on each other.&#8221;
&#8220;For 10 years while we’re trying to build our careers and worrying about school and who’s doing what and what, I was like, ‘Argh, this isn’t even!’&#8221; Obama said. &#8220;And guess what? Marriage isn’t 50/50, ever. Ever. There are times I’m 70, he’s 30. There are times he’s 60, 40. But guess what? Ten years. We’ve been married 30. I would take 10 bad years over 30 — it’s just how you look at it. People give up — ‘Five years; I can’t take it.’&#8221;
The former first lady said that she could be mad at her husband but noted that she respected him and viewed him as a &#8220;kind, smart person.&#8221;
Last month, Michelle suggested that she believes that Americans are racist and that they were not ready for her to be first lady because she did not think that she could wear braids.
“As black women, we deal with it, the whole thing about do you show up with your natural hair,” Obama said during an event with Hollywood celebrity Ellen DeGeneres this week. “As first lady, I did not wear braids. Being the first … yeah, we had to ease up on the people. Cause I thought about it. I was like, it would be easier. Nope, nope. They’re not ready.”
“Let me keep my hair straight,” Michelle Obama <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michelle-obama-thinks-americans-are-really-racist-country-wasnt-ready-for-black-lady-with-braids">said</a>.  “Let’s get health care passed.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MichelleObama</a>: “As black women we deal with it, the whole thing about do you show up with your natural hair? &#8230; As First Lady, I did not wear braids. Being the first – yeah, we had to ease up on the people &#8230; I was like, it would be easier. Nope, nope. They’re not ready.” <a href="https://t.co/HwGluEo9a5">pic.twitter.com/HwGluEo9a5</a>
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Remember former first lady <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michelle-obama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michelle Obama</a>&#8216;s newfound pride in America as her husband was gaining popularity in the 2008 presidential election? Well, it didn&#8217;t really last long as she apparently thought Americans were still a bunch of bigots, despite Barack getting elected.
Throughout her time in office, it appears she was so worried that America was such a racist nation that even her hairdo choice could doom her husband&#8217;s legislative goals if she chose the wrong style.
“As black women, we deal with it, the whole thing about do you show up with your natural hair,&#8221; Obama said during an event with Hollywood celebrity Ellen DeGeneres this week. &#8220;As first lady, I did not wear braids. Being the first &#8230; yeah, we had to ease up on the people. Cause I thought about it. I was like, it would be easier. Nope, nope. They’re not ready.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MichelleObama</a>: “As black women we deal with it, the whole thing about do you show up with your natural hair? &#8230; As First Lady, I did not wear braids. Being the first – yeah, we had to ease up on the people &#8230; I was like, it would be easier. Nope, nope. They’re not ready.” <a href="https://t.co/HwGluEo9a5">pic.twitter.com/HwGluEo9a5</a>
&mdash; Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1593589337865670663?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Despite her husband dominating the 2008 election and <a href="https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/tables2008.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">receiving</a> 69,498,516 votes, she was still concerned that braided hair would block his healthcare reform bill from passing.
&#8220;Let me keep my hair straight,&#8221; the Martha&#8217;s Vineyard summer resident <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/3738022-michelle-obama-says-she-had-ease-nation-into-a-first-lady-with-black-hair-let-me-keep-my-hair-straight-lets-get-health-care-passed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recalled</a> thinking. &#8220;Let’s get health care passed.&#8221;
Of course, there have been historical instances of racial discrimination due to hairstyle choice, but the idea that America would be so racist the first lady&#8217;s hair would stop Obamacare from being forced down the American people&#8217;s throats is a bit laughable.
In the last 35 years of politics, there have been only two memorable hairstyle choices that critics have used to lambast their opponents.
The first is former President Donald J. Trump. For some reason, Leftists love saying he wears a toupee, but it seems to be his real hair. Admittedly, it is pretty mesmerizing and unique in American politics.
Then there is that mop-headed rapscallion and disgraced ex-Governor Rod Blagojevich (D-IL). He&#8217;s a pretty charming crook if we&#8217;re being objective.
Other than that, this author is hard-pressed to think of what anybody else&#8217;s hair looks like let alone Michelle Obama&#8217;s.
For example, Ketanji Brown-Jackson was recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-not-a-biologist-supreme-court-nominee-says-she-cant-define-the-word-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> to the Supreme Court of the United States as the first black female Supreme Court justice.
The only thing that stuck out from her approval process in the U.S. senate was the fact that she couldn&#8217;t define the word &#8220;woman.&#8221;
Readers likely didn&#8217;t notice that she was wearing braids. Why would they? Who really cares?
Obama&#8217;s ignorance and — shall we say — bull crap was eclipsed by her claim that the worst thing about her husband&#8217;s time in office was when he chose to wear a tan suit.
The first lady claimed that conservative criticism of the suit proved doing anything beyond straight hair would drive animosity.
&#8220;The great indignity, the scandal of the Obama administration,&#8221; she said of the incident.
Of course, the reaction at the time could have been a little overblown, perhaps on par with the leftist <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/11/politics/trump-time-magazine-ice-cream" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meltdown</a> that former Trump would give himself two scoops of ice cream while his guests only received one.
The second thing is that the Obama administration was <a href="https://www.carolinacoastonline.com/news_times/opinions/editorials/article_574cf49e-d2b8-11e6-8960-ab7b13d83409.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">riddled</a> with scandals. The IRS targeting of conservatives, Fast and Furious, Benghazi, spying on the media, &#8220;If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor,&#8221; and the beginning of the Russian collusion hoax.
Yet that&#8217;s par for the course for the Left. They often ignore the obvious if they can make themselves out to be a victim.
Plus, as pointed out by columnist Derek Hunter, braids aren&#8217;t even natural.
&#8220;Braids aren&#8217;t natural, plus the idea of braiding hair was common throughout Europe centuries ago, so it would have been cultural appropriation,&#8221; Hunter tweeted.
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Braids aren&#39;t natural, plus the idea of braiding hair was common throughout Europe centuries ago, so it would have been cultural appropriation. Also, Michelle is a garbage person. <a href="https://t.co/GhwmJcU23E">https://t.co/GhwmJcU23E</a>
&mdash; Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) <a href="https://twitter.com/derekahunter/status/1593590301242834948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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On Tuesday, The New York Times ran a gushing <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/books/review/the-light-we-carry-michelle-obama.html">book review</a> of Michelle Obama’s new self-help book that claimed readers were “lucky” to take the journey with her.
Judith Newman, who writes the Help Desk column for the New York Times Book Review, began her paean to Michelle Obama, “It’s not easy being Michelle Obama. Fabulous, yes. Easy, no.”
After calling Obama a “world-class worrier,” Newman continues, “it is perhaps no surprise that Obama’s road map for uncertain times resonates in ways that other self-help books do not.”
“I want to hear from Michelle Obama, who doesn’t always like the way she looks, who felt like an outsider after becoming the ultimate insider; the one who easily becomes lonely; the striver who has spent a lifetime dogged by the question: Am I good enough?” Newman enthuses. “The person who sweats. Because this person does not blithely claim to have the answers. She is on a journey. Through her stories, experiences and thoughts, we’re finding the light with her. Lucky us.”
“I hate to use the word ‘relatable,’” Newman protests, then declaims, “But the woman is relatable.”
Newman then laments of the difficulty Michelle Obama faced in making friends as First Lady:
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Although we are unlikely to face the problem of trying to acquire new kindred spirits while surrounded by the Secret Service, and most of us don’t have to worry that casual venting over nonsense will end up splashed across social media, the very act of trying to make new friends — the awkwardness, the profound desire to find people we can trust — that is very relatable. Who was the last first lady you could say that about?
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Newman takes a gratuitous shot at the Trump administration: “(You think it was painful for you to see a reckless crew in the White House? Try being the Obamas, knowing as you toss them the keys that so much of what you had worked for was about to be shredded like a cheap dog toy.)”
In the book, Michelle Obama mocks those who offer thoughts and prayers after tragedies when she writes about her comment at the 2016 Democratic National Convention “When they go low, we go high.” Obama writes, “What does it really mean to go high? It seems possible that I might spend years trying to answer this question.”
&#8220;What does it mean when, as a nation, we suffer punches to the gut year after year — Charleston, Charlottesville, white supremacy, mass shooting, and the knee-jerk ‘thoughts and prayers’ that followed?” Newman asks.
Newman concludes, “And we just had a midterm election where the lows of big lies, fake outrage and charlatanism were (mostly) rejected by the electorate. As a country, we’re enjoying this moment — let’s hope it’s more than a moment — of ‘going high.’ That’s a light we can all carry.”

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President <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> got caught — and called out — on Tuesday after he sat out a standing ovation for his own wife, first lady <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/jill-biden/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jill Biden</a>.
Conservative strategist Greg Price shared a brief video clip of the awkward moment on Twitter, noting that it was Jill Biden herself, as the applause began to die down, who drew attention to her own husband&#8217;s failure to stand.
&#8220;Michelle Obama introduces Jill Biden, the room gives her a standing ovation, Jill then says, &#8216;Honestly, everyone stood but Joe,'&#8221; Price described the scene in the caption he shared along with the video clip. &#8220;Joe Biden then gets up and claps for her.&#8221;
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Michelle Obama introduces Jill Biden, the room gives her a standing ovation, Jill then says &quot;Honestly, everyone stood but Joe.&quot; 
Joe Biden then gets up and claps for her. <a href="https://t.co/vh6nT7F29w">pic.twitter.com/vh6nT7F29w</a>
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The first lady laughed as the applause began to taper off, looking toward the front row where President Biden was seated.
&#8220;Joe — honestly, everyone stood but Joe,&#8221; she said, still laughing — and the audience began to laugh along with her.
Spurred on by the laughter, Biden got to his feet and began clapping for his wife alone, prompting more laughter and applause from the audience.
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama were <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/obamas-bidens-reunite-white-house-official-portrait-unveiling/story?id=89409398&amp;cid=social_twitter_abcn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on hand</a> at the White House on Tuesday for the unveiling of their official presidential portraits.
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The official presidential portraits of <a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BarackObama</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MichelleObama</a> (via screenshot from video, courtesy of the <a href="https://twitter.com/ObamaFoundation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ObamaFoundation</a>) <a href="https://t.co/zmFu3MLpA4">pic.twitter.com/zmFu3MLpA4</a>
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Robert McCurdy, who is well known for his lifelike and realistic paintings, was selected to capture the former president&#8217;s likeness — and according to McCurdy, he had already placed Obama high up on his wishlist of potential subjects.
&#8220;When this project came up, it was just perfect because it saved us the trouble of having to ask him,&#8221; McCurdy explained during an appearance on the White House Historical Association&#8217;s &#8220;1600 Sessions&#8221; podcast.
Artist Sharon Sprung was chosen to paint the former first lady, who posed wearing a blue dress and seated on a sofa in the White House&#8217;s Red Room.
&#8220;I just kept saying, I want to do this. I hope this works out. I really want to do this. I&#8217;m, I&#8217;m good for this. And I had told my friends that I had wanted to paint Michelle a while ago,&#8221; Sprung said, appearing on the same episode of &#8220;1600 Sessions.&#8221;

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&#8220;The First Lady&#8221; Showtime series, a portion of which was about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michelle-obama">Michelle Obama</a>, has been canceled after one season and will not be renewed for a second one amid awful reviews and more.
The 10-part anthology series debuted on the network a little more than six weeks ago, and Showtime announced this week it wouldn&#8217;t be &#8220;moving forward&#8221; with a second season.
&#8220;Showtime can confirm that the anthology series &#8216;The First Lady&#8217; will not be moving forward with another season,&#8221; a spokesperson told <a href="https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/the-first-lady-canceled-showtime-season-2-1235331198/">Variety</a> in a piece published Monday.
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‘The First Lady’ Canceled at Showtime After One Season <a href="https://t.co/UjxtL6s7Ky">https://t.co/UjxtL6s7Ky</a>
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&#8220;We would like to applaud the artistry and commitment of our showrunner Cathy Schulman, director Susanne Bier, their fellow executive producers, our amazing cast, led by executive producer Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson, and our studio partner Lionsgate for their dedicated work in telling the unique stories of three remarkable leaders.&#8221;
The show was about the story of three former first ladies — Eleanor Roosevelt, played by Gillian Anderson, Betty Ford, played by actress Michelle Pfeiffer, and Michelle Obama, played by Viola Davis.
The series told the first ladies’ stories with cuts between their different eras in the White House. Variety&#8217;s chief television critic Caroline Framke noted this format of squeezing their stories &#8220;together doesn&#8217;t just make for confusing television, but does them all a disservice in the process.”
Critics on <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_first_lady">Rotten Tomatoes</a> gave show a score of 41%, with several accusing the series of failing to have &#8220;compelling narratives&#8221; for the leads. One critic for <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/04/the-first-lady-tv-show-review/629670/">The Atlantic</a>, Shirly Li, wrote that &#8220;The First Lady is a barely thematically connected and carelessly staged summary of three fascinating figures. All of them deserved better.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/05/09/the-first-lady-is-a-bad-wig-costume-drama">New Yorker</a> wrote that, &#8220;The Showtime miniseries, starring Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Gillian Anderson, manages to make life as a White House wife seem both cosmic and forgettable.&#8221;
Audiences appeared to struggle with the story-telling structure, too, but more so with the way Obama was portrayed, giving the series a 58%.
Several wrote about how upsetting they found Obama&#8217;s character. &#8220;Really upset with Michelle Obama character played by Viola Davis I&#8217;ve never seen Michelle look so strange with the awful eyebrows and wiggly mounts?&#8221; one person wrote.
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“There’s a lot of fear that I messed up my portrayal. I’m mostly terrified about what she will think. I don’t want to insult her &amp; have her calling me. I gotta make the sister look good. I just hope that it lands with her.” <a href="https://t.co/wVaZJx7lQL">pic.twitter.com/wVaZJx7lQL</a>
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Another wrote that they had a problem with the &#8220;switching back and forth&#8221; in the timeline and wrote that &#8220;I would have preferred watching more of a single timeline. In fact, 3 separate series, starting with Eleanor, then Betty, and lastly Michelle would have been better. Viola Davis always pursing her lips was extremely distracting.&#8221;
&#8220;I really enjoy this series,&#8221; a third shared. &#8220;My favorites are Gillian Anderson and Michelle Pfeiffer&#8217;s portrayals. Viola Davis&#8217;s portrayal annoys me because she purses her lips constantly along with odd facial expressions that I don&#8217;t ever recall Michelle Obama ever doing.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/critics-absolutely-serve-no-purpose-viola-davis-slams-reviewers-criticizing-her-portrayal-of-michelle-obama">&#8216;Critics Absolutely Serve No Purpose&#8217;: Viola Davis Slams Reviewers Criticizing Her Portrayal Of Michelle Obama</a>

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Joy Behar mocked former First Lady Melania Trump, alluding to racy photos she had posed for in her modeling days, for claiming that Vogue&#8217;s decision to not offer her a magazine cover was rooted in political bias.
Behar made the comments during Tuesday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;The View&#8221; on ABC, which was co-hosted by former White House Press Secretary — and former spokeswoman for Melania Trump — Stephanie Grisham.
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MELANIA TRUMP SLAMS &#39;VOGUE&#39; OVER COVER SNUB: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheView?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheView</a> panel reacts to the former first lady&#39;s recent Fox News interview where she was asked why she thinks &#39;Vogue&#39; magazine featured other first ladies on the cover but not her. <a href="https://t.co/cVclFZQmjA">https://t.co/cVclFZQmjA</a> <a href="https://t.co/1Ina4VwtWd">pic.twitter.com/1Ina4VwtWd</a>
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Co-host Whoopi Goldberg kicked off the segment with a clip from a recent interview of the former first lady, hosted by Fox News host Pete Hegseth. Trump said that she believed the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/exclusive-the-press-is-just-horrible-donald-trump-says-media-ravaged-melania-trump/">media in general</a> — and Vogue as well — was <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/stunning-and-intelligent-jill-biden-vs-trashy-and-racist-melania-trump-the-exhausting-hypocrisy-of-the-left/">biased against her</a>.
&#8220;I had much more important things to do, and I did in the White House, than being on the cover of Vogue,&#8221; she said, brushing off the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/vogues-anna-wintour-insults-melania-trump-first-paul-bois/">magazine&#8217;s refusal</a> to put her on the cover during her husband&#8217;s presidency [she did appear on the cover of Vogue in 2005].
&#8220;What did she do?&#8221; Behar asked. &#8220;She turned that beautiful Rose Garden into a cemetery. That&#8217;s one thing she did. What did she do exactly? Honestly, I don&#8217;t care what she does. I really don&#8217;t care. Do you?&#8221;
&#8220;You know what, she was first and foremost a mother, and she was a very good mother and prioritized her son first. I will say that, and her initiatives were important to her,&#8221; Grisham pushed back.
&#8220;What are the initiatives?&#8221; Behar asked.
&#8220;Online safety, opioids, and just helping children with emotional intelligence, et cetera,&#8221; Grisham replied in defense of her former employer, adding that she thought Vogue should have put Melania on the cover while she was first lady.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve seen a lot of photographs online, though,&#8221; Behar joked, clearly referring to nude photos Trump had posed for in her modeling days.
&#8220;Again, I know it’s easy to take potshots at her, and trust me, I would like to as well, but I think for this topic, there was bias there,&#8221; Grisham tried once again to defend her former boss. &#8220;But I will also say when Vogue came to us and asked if she would do a shoot, she would only do a shoot if she could be on the cover.&#8221;
&#8220;She’s a model and she knows how this works,&#8221; Goldberg objected, noting that the magazine had the right to say who would and would not grace the cover.
&#8220;She expected to be on the cover but again rightfully so, she had seen all the other First Ladies on the cover, so I do get that,&#8221; Grisham pushed back.
Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/view-mocks-melania-trump-interview-vogue?intcmp=tw_fnc">noted</a> that Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour is a longtime Democratic supporter, suggesting that the move may have, as Trump suggested, been rooted in political bias.
Michelle Obama, for example, graced Vogue&#8217;s cover three times while she was first lady. Jill Biden has already done a Vogue cover, and former First Lady Hillary Clinton did one as well. Vice President Kamala Harris got her month on the magazine&#8217;s cover before she was even inaugurated.
Former First Lady Laura Bush, the next most recent Republican first lady, did not get a Vogue cover either – but she was featured in a story.

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Former first lady Michelle Obama got <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/michelle-obama-worries-roe-v-wade-womxn-right-health-care">slammed</a> after posting a slide on Twitter and another on Instagram using the woke term “womxn.”
“‘Womxn,’ an alternative spelling to ‘woman/women,’ was proposed as a way to reclaim the identity of womanhood as inclusive and intersectional, and not defined in relation to men,” YourDaye <a href="https://yourdaye.com/vitals/cultural-musings/what-is-the-meaning-of-womxn/">explains</a>.
On Twitter, Obama posted a statement on Saturday from a group she co-chairs called “When We All Vote” that read, “The leaked SCOTUS draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade could give state lawmakers the power to strip womxn of the right to make decision about their bodies and their healthcare.”
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If any of you are questioning whether or not your vote matters, I get it. But remember that state lawmakers are the ones who will determine whether abortion is safe, legal, and accessible in your communities. And we are the ones who determine our state lawmakers. <a href="https://t.co/Nafi5LfC8i">pic.twitter.com/Nafi5LfC8i</a>
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On Instagram, Obama <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/michelle-obama-overturning-roe-will-destroy-healthcare-for-womxn">used a slide</a> from the group that stated, “State lawmakers will have the power to strip womxn of the right to make decisions about their bodies and their healthcare.”
“It’s been a tough couple of weeks since we saw the leaked SCOTUS draft opinion on abortion,&#8221; Obama opined in her Instagram post. “If it comes to pass, we may soon live in a country where millions of women — not to mention our children and grandchildren — lose the right to make decisions about their bodies and their health. Even if we knew the courts were heading toward this day, it doesn’t make the frustration, grief, and fear any less real.”
She slammed the Supreme Court conservatives and those who supported a repeal of Roe v. Wade, writing, “But we don’t have to stand idly by while others try to turn back the clock on progress.”
Michelle Obama is not the only prominent Democrat tolerating woke terminology to describe women; in September, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez babbled as she ranted against Texas GOP Governor Greg Abbott, “I don&#8217;t know if he is familiar with a menstruating person&#8217;s body. In fact, I do know that he&#8217;s not familiar with a woman &#8211; with a female or menstruating person&#8217;s body.”
“Democrats, don’t expect the Obamas to save you from weird woke terminology,” Republican pollster Patrick Ruffini reacted.
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&mdash; Patrick Ruffini (@PatrickRuffini) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatrickRuffini/status/1526198184049004545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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“Just asking a practical question here, how does one pronounce ‘womxn?’” former CNN political commentator Doug Heye echoed.
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Just asking a practical question here, how does one pronounce &quot;womxn?&quot; <a href="https://t.co/rSaXWg2CYV">https://t.co/rSaXWg2CYV</a>
&mdash; Doug Heye (@DougHeye) <a href="https://twitter.com/DougHeye/status/1526233297705005057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In a <a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1521569658960240642/photo/1">joint statement</a> after the Supreme Court draft repealing Roe was leaked, Michelle and Barack Obama acknowledged, “As the court has previously determined, our freedoms are not unlimited — society has a compelling interest in other circumstances, for example, in protecting children from abuse or people from self-harm &#8230;”
But protecting children from being killed before birth apparently does not lie under the rubric that the Obamas acknowledge.

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Former first lady Melania Trump gave her first interview since leaving the White House, and said &#8220;leadership&#8221; is to blame for baby formula shortages and more in this country right now.
In a clip posted Friday on Twitter of the former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/melania-responds-to-former-press-secretary-writing-tell-all-book-digging-up-new-scandals">FLOTUS</a>&#8216; appearance Sunday on &#8220;Fox and Friends,&#8221; host Pete Hegseth asked her what she thought about &#8220;the state of the country,&#8221; with inflation, infant formula shortages, high gas prices and more, <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/tv/melania-trump-rips-biased-media-countrys-leadership-in-first-post-white-house-interview-with-fox-news/">reported</a> Mediaite. Trump laid the problems the country is facing all on &#8220;leadership&#8221; or &#8220;lack thereof.&#8221;
&#8220;I think it&#8217;s sad to see what&#8217;s going on, if you really look deeply into it,&#8221; Melania shared. &#8220;I think a lot of people are struggling and suffering, and what is going on around the world as well. So, it&#8217;s very sad to see and I hope it changes fast.&#8221;
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The Fox News host then asked the former first lady her thoughts when she sees things like shortages of baby formula in the country, and she called it &#8220;heartbreaking.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s been in the news, as someone who loves children and has dedicated so much to their betterment, how do you feel when you see [a] shortage of baby formula and families just struggling to get basic items like that?&#8221; Hegseth asked.
&#8220;It&#8217;s heartbreaking to see that they are struggling and the food is not available for children in [the] 21st century in [the] United States of America,&#8221; the former FLOTUS responded.
When Hegseth pressed her further to see if she had an explanation for it, she said simply, &#8220;Leadership.&#8221;
&#8220;Leadership, or lack thereof?” the host replied, and Melania said, &#8220;Yeah.&#8221;
In another clip from the upcoming interview, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/melania-trump-slams-historian-for-posting-misleading-info-about-her-work">Trump</a> was asked about never appearing on the cover of Vogue magazine during her tenure as first lady, despite the outlet featuring past first lady&#8217;s like Jill Biden, Michelle Obama, and Hillary Clinton on the cover.
&#8220;They&#8217;re biased and they have likes and dislikes, and it’s so obvious,&#8221; the former first lady explained. &#8220;And I think American people and everyone sees it. It was their decision and I have much more important things to do and I did in the White House than being on the cover of Vogue.&#8221;

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Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama released a statement on Tuesday in response to news that the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade.
In a draft majority opinion leaked to <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473">Politico</a> on Monday night, Justice Samuel Alito writes that “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start” and “we hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled.” According to Politico, the draft is “a full-throated, unflinching repudiation of the 1973 decision which guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights and a subsequent 1992 decision — Planned Parenthood v. Casey — that largely maintained the right.”
Barack and Michelle Obama released a statement on Tuesday condemning the Supreme Court’s tentative decision.
“Today, millions of Americans woke up fearing that their essential freedoms under the Constitution were at risk,” the couple said. “If the Supreme Court ultimately decides to overturn the landmark case of Roe v. Wade, then it will not only reverse nearly 50 years of precedent — it will relegate the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues.”
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The statement claims that “few, if any, women make the decision to terminate a pregnancy casually” and pushes the initial reasoning for Roe — that the Fourteenth Amendment “requires all of us to enjoy a sphere of our lives that isn’t subject to meddling from the state.”
In the Obamas’ view, this includes “who we sleep with, who we marry, whether or not to use contraception, and whether or not to bear children.”
During his tenure in the White House, Obama was an ardent supporter of abortion. In the first days of his presidency, Obama <a href="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/statement-president-barack-obama-rescinding-mexico-city-policy">revoked</a> the Mexico City Policy — which forbids the United States from funding abortion overseas — to “restore critical efforts to protect and empower women and promote global economic development.”
“The consequences of this decision would be a blow not just to women, but to all of us who believe that in a free society, there are limits to how much the government can encroach on our personal lives,” the Obamas’ statement continued. “Instead, as we’ve already begun to see in states with restrictive abortion laws, those women with means would travel to states where abortion remains legal and safe. Meanwhile, those without enough money or access to transportation or ability to take off from school or work would face the same circumstances most women faced before Roe.”
“We ask you to think about the college student waking up after her date forced her into unprotected sex,” the statement added. “Think about the couple that tried to have children for years, who are without any options when faced with the tragic reality of an unviable pregnancy. Think of any of the hundreds of thousands of women each year who deserve the dignity and freedom of making a decision that is right for their bodies and their circumstances.”
The Obamas’ statement concluded by calling Americans to protest, vote, volunteer, and urge Congress to codify Roe — a move that aligns with President Joe Biden’s platform and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-right-to-an-abortion-is-sacred-democratic-lawmakers-renew-calls-to-codify-roe">calls</a> made by several leading Democratic lawmakers.

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Viola Davis is not happy about the negative reviews she got for her portrayal of former First Lady Michelle Obama in the drama series “The First Lady.” The Oscar Award-winning actress spoke on the matter during an interview with the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61213761">BBC</a>, questioning why movie critics had to exist at all.
“Critics absolutely serve no purpose,” she said. “And I’m not saying that to be nasty, either. They always feel like they’re telling you something that you don’t know. Somehow that you’re living a life that you’re surrounded by people who lie to you and ‘I’m going to be the person that leans in and tells you the truth.’ So it gives them an opportunity to be cruel to you.”
She said playing Mrs. Obama was “almost impossible” because of how recognized she is in popular culture. The 56-year-old actress insisted that “you’re doing too much or not enough.”
Davis also described the criticism as “incredibly hurtful.”
“How do you move on from the hurt, from failure?” she said of getting such bad reviews. “But you have to. Not everything is going to be an awards-worthy performance.”
“Ultimately I feel like it is my job as a leader to make bold choices,” Davis concluded. “Win or fail, it is my duty to do that.”
“The First Lady” has a 43% critics rating and 44% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes. A <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/apr/13/the-first-lady-review-viola-davis-michelle-obama">reviewer</a> from The Guardian pointed out how the show had “cringeworthy dialogue, scrambled pacing and parody-level performances” while Variety reviewer Caroline Framke <a href="https://variety.com/2022/tv/reviews/the-first-lady-review-anderson-pfeiffer-davis-1235230407/">said</a> the cast members “struggle to bring their characters to believable life.”
“The writing is often clunky, obvious and filled with Big Picture Messaging, and too many of the supporting characters are one-note caricatures,” Chicago Sun-Times reporter Richard Roeper wrote. 
Davis stars alongside Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford and Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt. The actress was specifically targeted for the facial expressions she makes while depicting Obama, with viewers of “The First Lady” calling her overly exaggerated pursed lips “distracting,” per the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-04-18/viola-davis-michelle-obama-face-pursed-lips">LA Times</a>.
“You’re a phenomenal actress. Just stop doing your mouth like that,” one fan tweeted. “It’s a good show so far tho. But please stop doing our First Lady like that with your lips.”
Another viewer had similar thoughts. “Michelle Obama did not purse her lips THAT much. What possessed Viola to think she should do that in every scene. I never thought I would see the day where Viola Davis gave a bad performance.”
“Dear Viola Davis, I won’t be watching #TheFirstLady, out of great respect to you, Michelle Obama, and #HTGAWM. Your exaggerated lip pursing may parodize the show. I strongly recommend subsequent episodes are urgently revised &amp; you rely on your natural intuitive tendencies,” another person wrote.

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Democrats Barack and Michelle Obama are reportedly considering leaving Spotify as the streaming giant continues to face left-wing backlash over top podcast host Joe Rogan.
Industry sources told Insider that the Obamas&#8217; decision to look around comes as their three-year Spotify deal is coming up for renewal.
The Obama&#8217;s team at Higher Ground is &#8220;frustrated with the slow pace of development at Spotify, where it can be hard to get a greenlight,&#8221; the report said. &#8220;One source said Higher Ground&#8217;s pitches don&#8217;t always align with the platform&#8217;s focus on shows that can reach a wide audience.&#8221;
The report said that other heavy hitters like Amazon and Apple could compete for the Obama&#8217;s business because they have upped their investments in podcasts.
The news comes as Spotify deals with left-wing-generated backlash to Rogan for allegedly promoting &#8220;misinformation&#8221; on his show, although critics are rarely able to give specific examples.
Vanity Fair <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/02/joe-rogan-drama-exposes-the-drift-of-audio-giants-other-mega-deals">reported</a>:
<blockquote>With his outsize media footprint, no-f***s-given hosting style, and an estimated 11 million listeners per episode, Rogan is, like it or not, the face of Spotify’s podcasting play. It’s a face that comes with voluble “anti-woke” bona fides; a hyper-macho sensibility somewhere between MAGA and Bernie Bro; and, most problematically, a warm embrace of vaccine skepticism. But all of that is part of the appeal for Rogan’s loyal army of superfans, many of them young and male, which is what makes him so valuable to a company whose success depends on attracting large numbers of engaged paying subscribers. In the words of one seasoned audio industry insider, having Joe Rogan “is like dropping a Taylor Swift album every day. Spotify needs him way more than he needs Spotify.” (Spotify didn’t have a comment for this story.)
The Joe Rogan Experience, which debuted in the earlier and comparatively quaint podcasting era of 2009, towers over its Spotify peers. Part of that has to do with the reality that the company’s other big-ticket deals just simply haven’t gained the same traction. Harry and Meghan have produced a lone 33-minute holiday special since inking a reported $25 million Spotify contract in December 2020. (They currently don’t have anything else in development with Spotify, someone familiar with the matter confirmed.) The Obamas, whose 2019 deal was rumored to be in the same general ballpark, have produced a few compelling shows, including one podcast hosted by Michelle Obama and another in which Barack Obama teamed up with Bruce Springsteen. But the buzz around these efforts has paled in comparison to the couples’ best-selling memoirs, or even the award-winning features they’ve produced for a separate content deal they have with Netflix. Moreover, informed sources told me the Obamas’ production company, Higher Ground, has been frustrated with Spotify at times, finding it difficult to get additional shows off the ground. I’m told the Obamas are more interested in lifting young new voices than carrying shows themselves, and that this focus hasn’t always aligned with Spotify’s. (Another source said that Spotify and Higher Ground are in active production on new shows in this vein.) As for the other offerings under the Spotify banner, chances are you haven’t heard of them. But you almost certainly hear about Joe Rogan every time something crazy is said on his show.</blockquote>
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/spotifys-ceo-makes-new-statement-about-joe-rogan-companys-decision-to-change-policies">reportedly</a> told employees on Wednesday that the platform does not have editorial discretion over Rogan’s #1-rated podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” following an attempt from leftists to get Rogan booted off the platform.
Spotify <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/spotify-takes-new-action-in-response-to-left-wing-outrage-over-joe-rogan-report">announced</a> on Sunday that it was publishing its content policy and that it would create a coronavirus information hub, which The Wall Street Journal reported came in response to backlash the company has faced from leftists over Rogan.
The announcement from Ek came after musician Neil Young complained about claims that Rogan had made on “The Joe Rogan Experience” about the pandemic and had his music removed from the platform. A couple of other musicians also had their music pulled down over the issue.
“We have had rules in place for many years but admittedly, we haven’t been transparent around the policies that guide our content more broadly. This, in turn, led to questions around their application to serious issues including COVID-19,” CEO Daniel Ek <a href="https://newsroom.spotify.com/2022-01-30/spotifys-platform-rules-and-approach-to-covid-19/">wrote</a> on Sunday. “Based on the feedback over the last several weeks, it’s become clear to me that we have an obligation to do more to provide balance and access to widely-accepted information from the medical and scientific communities guiding us through this unprecedented time. These issues are incredibly complex.”
Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration has also pushed for social media companies to take action against Rogan as Surgeon General Vivek Murthy advocated for during an MSNBC appearance last week.

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Former First Lady Michelle Obama announced in a letter on Sunday her support to register more than one million new voters ahead of the 2022 midterm elections as concerns grow among Democrats over numerous House members facing tight political battles.
Obama, founder of the voter registration movement When We All Vote, also noted in her <a href="https://twitter.com/WhenWeAllVote/status/1480177744554213380" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> that the coalition would urge 100,000 Americans to contact their senators in support of the Freedom to Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
&#8220;In 2020 we made our power known at the polls; now, those who oppose progress are working to silence us. That’s why we’re joining 30 of our allies to <a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FightForOurVote?src=hashtag_click">#FightForOurVote</a> in 2022,&#8221; the former first lady&#8217;s coalition tweeted on Sunday. 
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In 2020 we made our power known at the polls; now, those who oppose progress are working to silence us. 
That’s why we’re joining 30 of our allies to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FightForOurVote?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FightForOurVote</a> in 2022. Read how we&#39;re coming together for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VotingRights?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#VotingRights</a> in today&#39;s <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nytimes</a> or at <a href="https://t.co/7fxeLfYSP3">https://t.co/7fxeLfYSP3</a>. <a href="https://t.co/ITzlUkW0Ma">pic.twitter.com/ITzlUkW0Ma</a>
&mdash; When We All Vote (@WhenWeAllVote) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhenWeAllVote/status/1480177744554213380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;One year ago, we witnessed an unprecedented assault on our Capitol and our democracy. From Georgia and Florida to Iowa and Texas, states passed laws designed to make it harder for Americans to vote. And in other state legislatures across the nation, lawmakers have attempted to do the same,&#8221; Obama <a href="https://whenweallvote.org/fight-for-our-vote/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
&#8220;This type of voter suppression is not new. Generations of Americans have persevered through poll taxes, literacy tests, and laws designed to strip away their power—and they’ve done it by organizing, by protesting, and most importantly, by overcoming the barriers in front of them in order to vote. And now, we’ve got to do the same,&#8221; she added.
The announcement comes as lawmakers consider voting rights bills in the coming weeks. In addition, the news comes after more than two dozen House Democrats have announced plans to retire or run for another office in 2022.
Most recently Michigan Democratic Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/congresswoman-brenda-lawrence-to-retire-joins-dozens-of-house-dems-who-wont-seek-re-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brenda Lawrence</a> announced her retirement on Tuesday, making her the 25th House Democrat who won’t seek reelection.
“Today, after reflecting on my journey — and oh, my goodness, what a journey — and having conversations with my family, I am announcing that I will not be seeking reelection to Congress,” Lawrence said in a video posted to Twitter Tuesday night.
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This year marks my 30th year in elected public service, and I&#39;ve had the good fortune of serving Michiganders on the local and national level.
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&mdash; Brenda Lawrence (@RepLawrence) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepLawrence/status/1478553093684043777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2022</a></blockquote>
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“I am incredibly grateful for the people in Michigan’s 14th Congressional District, who placed their trust and vote in me — in me, just a little black girl from the east side of Detroit. You made me your congresswoman. It has been a tremendous honor and privilege to be your voice in Congress and to fight for our communities and issues in Washington, D.C., on a national platform,” she added.
The decisions leave the party&#8217;s razor-thin lead under House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at risk of flipping under a &#8220;red wave&#8221; in November&#8217;s election. Obama&#8217;s movement appears to address the need to register more voters in key districts ahead of the midterms.
Stephanie Young, executive director of When We All Vote, also shared the <a href="https://whenweallvote.org/when-we-all-vote-leads-fight-for-our-vote-pledge-with-31-voting-civil-rights-organizations-ahead-of-midterms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vision</a> of the new movement:
<blockquote>In 2020, we saw record voter turnout, especially among voters of color and young people, because of the work of these leading organizations. Now, a small group of elected officials fixated on maintaining their waning political power has purposely put up barriers to make it harder for some Americans to vote, jeopardizing our democracy. We will not back down. We are organizing and preparing to fight day in and day out in 2022. And that fight starts with our collective effort to press Congress to do the right thing and pass critical voting rights legislation to protect voters and their access to the ballot box. </blockquote>

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