Michelle Obama says she’s terrified about potential outcome of 2024 election

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Michelle Obama says she’s terrified about potential outcome of 2024 election | CNN Politics
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“What’s going to happen in this next election? I’m terrified about what could possibly happen, because our leaders matter. Who we select, who speaks for us, who holds that bully pulpit, it affects us in ways sometimes I think people take for granted,” Obama told Jay Shetty on his podcast “On Purpose.”

“The fact that people think that government — ‘eh, does it really even do anything?’ — and I’m like ‘Oh my God, does government do everything for us, and we cannot take this democracy for granted.’ And I worry sometimes that we do. Those are the things that keep me up,” she said.

“The bars are different for people in life. That I’ve learned,” she said.

Without naming Trump, she continued: “Other people can be indicted a bunch of times and still run for office. Black men can’t. You just learn to be good. And in the end, you benefit from that extra resilience.”

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Yeah but a bunch of white college kids who don't even know what Mer7aba means have decided that the way to serve the Palestinian cause is to let the guy who handed Jerusalem and the Golan Heights to Netenyahu back into office to teach the establishment a lesson so we're fucked.

I'm starting to think they're actually just right wingers who know that saying what they ACTUALLY want will get them dumped by all their cool allies club friends. Probably why they keep insisting on dumb fuck takes like "bErNiE wOuLd Be A cEnTrIsT iN pOlAnD!" and "AmErIcA hAs No LeFt!!!!!"

m starting to think they’re actually just right wingers who know that saying what they ACTUALLY want will get them dumped by all their cool allies club friends.

So you all lost the 2016 general election all on your own then?

The absurdity of your perspective is that you believe there is a large group of voters who didn't show up for HRC while also apparently believing not one of them is sharing their reasons why in anonymous forums.

The absurdity of yours is that you're pretty obviously one of those people who thinks a millions of votes lead in the primary race is "the DNC establishment shoving her down our throats" and not "we have to be dragged kicking and screaming to even vote for the guy we supposedly support!"

I mean it's either that or "a bunch of selfish pieces of shit voted for Biden specifically to fuck over progressive or leftist efforts". You sound like the kind of person who would do just that.

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