Michelle Obama: Trump used 'misogynistic, racist lies' to 'try to make people fear us'

• Michelle Obama minced no words in challenging Donald Trump during her DNC speech.
• "I want to know who's going to tell him that the job he's currently seeking might just be one of those Black jobs," she quipped, a reference to his recent comments suggesting that lower-skilled jobs were "Black jobs."
• Obama's previous DNC speeches typically tried to stay above the partisan fray. This time, she did not.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama directly challenged former President Donald Trump over his decade-long effort to vilify the Obamas in her speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday.

"Donald Trump did everything in his power to try to make people fear us," Obama said. "Doubling down on ugly, misogynistic, racist lies as a substitute for real ideas and solutions that will actually make people's lives better."

"I want to know who's going to tell him that the job he's currently seeking might just be one of those 'Black jobs'," she quipped. The crowd roared with laughter at the joke, a reference to Trump's recent comments suggesting that lower-skilled jobs are "Black jobs."

A Trump campaign spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment late Tuesday.

Obama's unapologetically partisan approach to the Republican nominee Tuesday was rare for the former first lady, who has encouraged Americans to rise above politics.

One of the most popular figures in the Democratic party, Michelle Obama's name was floated as a kind of fantasy presidential candidate earlier this summer, as Democrats pressured President Joe Biden to drop out of the race after his June debate performance.

But the former first lady has never publicly expressed an interest in running for elected office. On the contrary,