Michelle Obama is interfering in the US election campaign with a public appearance for the first time – and finds clear words for the Republican candidate Donald Trump.
Former US First Lady Michelle Obama expressed “real fear” of a victory for former President Donald Trump at a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. “My hope about Kamala is also accompanied by real fear,” Obama said during an appearance in the swing state of Michigan on Saturday. In view of the polls predicting a neck-and-neck race in the November 5th election, she is frustrated.
“How can this race be close?” she asked, adding: “I am angry that we are being exposed to his volatility, his obvious mental decline, his history as a convicted felon, as a rent shark and as someone who has been sexually abused has been proven, it doesn’t matter.”
Michelle Obama warns of a US President Donald Trump
Harris and Obama attacked Republican candidate Trump during the appearance, particularly on the issue of abortion and women’s rights. If Trump becomes president again, that could mean a US-wide ban on abortion, Obama warned. Anyone considering not voting or voting for Trump or another candidate in protest should understand the consequences. “If we screw up this election, your wife, your daughter, your mother, we as women will become collateral damage to your anger,” Obama said.
Vice President Harris has made the issue of abortion one of the most important issues in her campaign. Trump is responsible for a health crisis in the United States, she said after meeting with doctors and students to discuss the issue of abortion. During his time as president, Trump appointed three conservative justices to the Supreme Court, thereby ensuring that they are in the majority on the Supreme Court. In 2022, the judges abolished the nationwide right to abortion that had existed in the USA for almost 50 years.
Trump, in turn, attacked Harris on Saturday on the issue of immigration. “The United States is now an occupied country,” he said. “Kamala broke it. We’ll fix it.” The ex-president appeared in Michigan and Pennsylvania on Saturday. A performance in New York was planned for Sunday.
Harris was scheduled to make a campaign appearance on Sunday in Philadelphia, the largest city in the biggest swing state of Pennsylvania, which could be crucial to the outcome of the election.
Source: Stern
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