Black Jobs
Michelle Obama also took a swing at ex-President Trump on Tuesday during her DNC address, stating that Vice President Kamala Harris is
“One of the most qualified individuals ever to run for president”
Why it matters:
In some of her bluntest words yet on Trump, the former first lady said that for almost four years Trump
“Used his high office to concern anyone who even remotely looks like they could be from one other nation.
The same source speculated that it reminded him of two Black people earning a living as successful, hard-working professionals — which makes sense since Trump’s worldview is so limited and narrow that anything not in the company of his flunkies threatens or intimidates him.
Among Democrats, the voice of Michele Obama is very significant. Poll after poll suggests that Ms. Obama is among the most popular figures in American politics, and her speeches at each of the last four Democratic National Conventions have been some of the most-watched.
Michelle Obama Full Video Speech
Flashback: Trump received backlash for asserting in his June debate with President Biden that immigrants are taking “Black jobs” and “Hispanic jobs.”
Last month, during an interview at the National Association of Black Journalists’ annual convention, he repeated his claim that a vote against NAFTA by him is “a black job.
When asked to describe a Black job, he replied:
“A black man that don’t work is any guy with a job. That’s what it is,” he said, eliciting laughter from the audience.
Other points she is making
“There’s something magic in the air today,” Obama said, “… it’s sweeping through America”
A comforting feeling that has been suppressed for too long. DNC attendants cheered as she said, “You know what I’m talking about”.
Obama said,
The hopes of all of us who call this country home could not be brighter for the contagious power or hope — optimism, energy and extract to have that once again feeling like it went so far away to vanquish those demons– fear, angst division and fanned them with a burning ember from deep down in hellfire wanton hate will come condensing together shush unwanted darkness then keep going instead.
“Hope is making a comeback”