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Greg Evans
Aug 18, 2020
Michelle Obama won rave reviews on Monday after she delivered a stirring speech on the first night of the Democratic National Convention.
The former first lady back Joe Biden's bid for the White House but also pointed out how the many simple things that Donald Trump has failed with during his presidency from coronavirus to just common decency. That as well as her necklace, which spelled out 'VOTE' was championed by many on social media.
.@MichelleObama’s necklace at #DNC says it all. I can’t imagine a time when for the US, for Europe and for the whol… https://t.co/WD8Fk6kOV6— Guy Verhofstadt (@Guy Verhofstadt) 1597758475
Michelle Obama’s speech! OMG. She spoke to each one of us. One on one.— Laurence Tribe (@Laurence Tribe) 1597748861
In a word... awesome. #HeIsWhatHeIs_WRONG https://t.co/0sc8LuvYy5— Mark Hamill (@Mark Hamill) 1597722227
what she said. https://t.co/6u1PYEfn1A— Joe Lockhart (@Joe Lockhart) 1597747504
However, the speech didn't go down quite so well with prominent US conservative commentators and Trump supporters who seemed to take exception to her criticisms of the president who she accused of 'faking' his way through the job an that he was 'clearly in over his head' which apparently translates to her being a 'national disgrace.'
Michelle Obama is a National Disgrace.— Charlie Kirk (@Charlie Kirk) 1597718958
Michelle O just spoke about "requiring" empathy of one another. In the future, your empathy may be *required*. #DNC— Joel Pollak (@Joel Pollak) 1597719191
"Going high" is only virtue signaling if you repeatedly lie about your opponent "embracing torch bearing white supremacists."— Katie Pavlich (@Katie Pavlich) 1597719588
Michelle Obama using the phrase “peaceful protestors” hoping to convince us Portland, Oregon doesn’t exist.… https://t.co/e1AwYg5F70— Chanel Rion OAN (@Chanel Rion OAN) 1597719551
Yes it’s true that they continue to be murdered but in the overwhelming majority of cases they are murdered by othe… https://t.co/1HhwcC1jRo— Matt Walsh (@Matt Walsh) 1597720307
While talking about empathy and unity instead of division, Michelle Obama claims that the Trump administration does… https://t.co/KkiRdEubo4— Curtis Houck (@Curtis Houck) 1597719423
One vocal critic of Obama was Eric Trump, who tweeted 'this is absolutely terrible,' which appears to have been more of an indictment of the entire DNC rather than just Obama's speech.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump really didn't like the speech and accused Obama of being in 'over her head' and also criticised her for getting coronavirus statistics wrong, which might not be a good look for him in the long run.
Pres Trump on the lawn of the White House just went after Michelle Obama saying she delivered a "divisive" speech.… https://t.co/cow2ENQxQg— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche Alcindor) 1597759804
Trump said Michelle Obama is the one in “over her head.” He cited the fact that she taped her speech, rather than d… https://t.co/d462xatsFD— Daniel Dale (@Daniel Dale) 1597758950
Trump says Michelle Obama should've made her speech live: "It was taped a long time ago b/c she had the wrong (COVI… https://t.co/V4eK3m8Nfn— Peter Alexander (@Peter Alexander) 1597759220
President Trump responds to Michelle Obama’s speech saying he’s in over his head. He says she’s the one “in over he… https://t.co/zOBSecXBrX— Kaitlan Collins (@Kaitlan Collins) 1597758249
The Republican National Convention isn't due to start until next week with guest speakers set to include Nicholas Sandmann and Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the couple who pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters in St Louis in June. Trump's campaign has lacked the energy that it created in the 2016 election, mostly due to the pandemic and many major polls put Trump behind Joe Biden by several points.
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