Michelle Obama never misses a chance to remind Americans why she remains one of the most insufferable figures in modern politics. She set the tone back in 2008 when she proclaimed, “For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country,” a line that revealed more than she ever intended. Her husband’s political fortunes made her proud, not the nation itself. Every time she steps back into the spotlight, she reinforces the impression that she holds this country in contempt.
Michelle Obama was on stage Friday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, pushing the latest book you know she didn’t actually write, when she decided to deliver yet another lecture about how terrible America is. This time, her target was our supposed inability to elect a woman president, which she blamed for Kamala Harris' humiliating loss to Donald Trump last year. Speaking to a crowd of women, the former first lady declared, "As we saw in this past election, sadly, we ain't ready."
She added, "That's why I'm like, don't even look at me about running, because you all are lying. You're not ready for a woman. You are not."
According to Michelle, men in this country are too intimidated to be led by a woman. "You know, we've got a lot of growing up to do, and there's still, sadly, a lot of men who do not feel like they can be led by a woman, and we saw it," she said.
This comes from someone who has spent years complaining about how hard it was being the first black woman to serve as first lady, even though the media fawned over her at every turn. She claims women in politics are judged on their physical appearance rather than their ability to lead, conveniently forgetting that she was treated like royalty by the press during her husband's presidency.
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Michelle has spent her book tour whining about how her appearance was constantly dissected during her time in the White House. "During our family's time in the White House, the way I looked was constantly being dissected—what I wore, how my hair was styled. For a while now, I've been wanting to reclaim more of that story, to share it in my own way. I'm thankful to be at a stage in life where I feel comfortable expressing myself freely—wearing what I love and doing what feels true to me. And I'm excited to share some of what I've learned along the way," she said.
But here's the thing: her claims are easily disproven.
In 2008, the McCain-Palin ticket received 59,948,323 votes, and much of the enthusiasm for that ticket was because of Palin, not McCain. In 2016, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote with over 65 million votes. Kamala Harris, despite being one of the most inept candidates in modern history, got roughly 75 million votes, the fourth-most votes of any presidential candidate in U.S. history, the most by any woman, and the second-most by any Democrat, ever. She won about 5.5 million more votes in 2008 than Barack Obama, who received 69 million votes, nearly 9 million more votes than Obama in 2012, and more than 12 million more votes than Donald Trump in 2016.
Michelle Obama was merely perpetuating the narrative that the only reason Kamala Harris lost was sexism, ignoring the fact that she was a terrible candidate, saddled with the appalling record of the Biden-Harris administration. Millions of Americans from both parties have voted for women candidates on a national ticket. The problem isn't that Americans aren't ready for a woman president. The problem is that the right candidate hasn't run yet. Harris lost because she was incompetent, not because she was a woman. But that reality doesn't fit the victim narrative Obama and her allies prefer to push.
