Former First Lady Michelle Obama declared 'hope is making a comeback' at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago as she delivered a scathing condemnation of Donald Trump.
Michelle Obama delivered a series of blistering insults of Donald Trump in front of a roaring Democratic National Convention crowd on Tuesday night.
The Obamas spoke while Harris held a rally 90 miles away, sparking speculation the White House is angry over the role they allegedly played in Biden stepping aside. Michelle was one of the last to take the stage, after Harris' husband Doug Emhoff retold the story of how they on a blind date following a divorce from his first wife.
Read More Barack Obama mocks Trump's 'weird obsession' with size in convention speech The former first lady invoked hope was a reminder of her husband former President Obama's own historic run for the presidency. Obama gave a ringing endorsement of Harris calling her 'ready for this moment.' She warned that she knows what comes next and there would be those who would try to distort Harris' truth.
'My husband and I, sadly, know a little something about this,' she said. 'For years, Donald Trump did everything in his power to try to make people fear us,' she said. But the former first lady did not just heap support on the Democratic presidential nominee, she warned that Democrats face an uphill battle and a close race. The former first lady used her remarks as a call for action.
Michelle Obama is one of the most beloved members of the Democratic party. Many had hoped the former first lady would run herself though she has always shied away from politics Her message was so well received, when she went to introduce her husband, the former president, he joked that he's ready to go 'even if I'm the only person stupid enough to speak right after Michelle Obama.''We don't need four more years of bluster and chaos. We've seen that movie - and we all know that the sequel is usually worse,' Obama said to applause.
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