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Related: About this forumMichelle Obama calls on women to rise up against Trump
Michelle Obama calls on women to rise up against Trump'The belief you can do anything to a woman? It is cruel. It's frightening. And the truth is, it hurts. It hurts,' the first lady said in an emotional speech.
By LOUIS NELSON 10/13/16 12:55 PM EDT Updated 10/13/16 02:09 PM EDT
First lady Michelle Obama delivered a powerful and emotional rebuke to Donald Trump on Thursday, saying his vulgar comments on sexual assault have shaken me to my core," while calling on women to rise up against the Republican nominee.
The fact is in this election we have a candidate for president of the United States who over the course of his lifetime and the course of this campaign has said things about women that are so shocking, so demeaning, I simply will not repeat anything here today, she said at a campaign rally in New Hampshire. And last week we saw this candidate actually bragging about sexual assaulting women. I can't believe I'm saying that a candidate for president of the United States has bragged about sexually assaulting women.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/flotus-speech-229741
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workinclasszero
Oct 2016
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Gothmog
(145,475 posts)1. I was really moved by Michelle's speech
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)2. She is awesome!
ailsagirl
(22,898 posts)3. As the LA Times wrote
First Lady Michelle Obama starred in a defining moment of the presidential race Thursday, delivering a stinging and emotional condemnation of Donald Trumps behavior toward women that framed the election as no longer about ideology, but human decency.
I'll say it again: what a thoroughbred
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-michelle-obama-trump-20161013-snap-story.html
Gothmog
(145,475 posts)4. This was a truly awesome speech