Michelle Obama painted a near apocalyptic vision of a second Trump term — a country tearing itself apart from within, with the president using the bully pulpit of his office to incite his fellow citizens. Watch her full speech:
At the Democratic convention, George Floyd’s brother and Eric Garner’s mother call for an end to racism and police brutality in the U.S.
She spoke at length of the power of empathy to heal the nation’s racial wounds and make people who share nothing in common see themselves in one another. But she said Trump is incapable of mustering empathy as a man or in his capacity as president, even though the nation needs more of it from its leaders as it copes with the deadly pandemic, massive joblessness and the nation’s history of racism.
“We know that what’s going on in this country is just not right,” Obama said, drawing out the words “just not right” for emphasis. “It’s not who we want to be.” Obama told Americans that Joe Biden is an honest, decent man who has the capacity to learn from his mistakes, and that he’ll govern as someone “who’s lived a life that the rest of us can recognize.”Her comments making the case for a Biden presidency came with a warning to anyone thinking of not voting in November’s general election: Think again.
The former first lady said this isn’t the time to resort to the excuse that an individual’s vote doesn’t matter — or to vote for a candidate who doesn’t have a chance of winning in order to protest against Biden, who many Democrats see as not progressive enough to tackle systemic racism, income inequality and other woes.
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