‘Who’s gonna tell him?’ Michelle Obama eviscerates Trump’s ‘Black jobs’ remark in DNC speech for Harris
Michelle Obama’s return to Chicago revived the message of “hope” that defined her husband Barack Obama’s historic presidential campaign as she took aim at the political wrecking ball who has worked to make the country “fear” them.
The former first lady — who remains a massively influential voice in the Democratic Party but a reluctant campaigner — delivered a forceful rebuke of Donald Trump’s agenda at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night.
She appeared on stage to roars from the crowd to deliver the penultimate speech at the United Center ahead of her former president husband.
In one especially powerful moment, Obama eviscerated Trump’s now-infamous comments about so-called “Black jobs” – warning him that the role of commander-in-chief is very well one such job.
“Who’s going to tell him that the job he’s currently seeking might just be one of those Black jobs?” she said, to laughter in the room.
“It’s his same old con — doubling down on ugly, misogynistic, racist lives as a substitute for real ideas and solutions that will actually make people’s lives better.”
Back in June, Trump sparked outrage for claiming immigrants were taking away “Black jobs” during the CNN debate with President Joe Biden.
Since then, he has been confronted with demands to define what exactly a “Black job” is and has been trolled by prominent Americans of color including Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles.
Obama opened her roarous speech with other barely-veiled digs at Trump, and an urgent call to “overwhelm” the polls to vote for Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz.
“For years, Donald Trump did everything in his power to try to make people fear us,” she said.
The Obamas have been at the center of the division that Trump