Trump Goes After Michelle Obama: 'All She Wants To Do Is Campaign'
Source: Talking Points Memo
During his rally in Fletcher, North Carolina, on Friday, Donald Trump claimed that Michelle Obama's 2007 line about not being able to run the White House if you can't run your own house was a dig at Hillary Clinton, even though the Obamas have denied that was the case.
"We have a president, all he wants to do is campaign. His wife, all she wants to do is campaign. And I see how much his wife likes Hillary," Trump said. "But wasn't she the one that originally started the statement, if you can't take care of your home right? you cant take care of the White House or the country."
"Where is that? I don't hear that. I dont hear that. She's the one that started that. I said, 'We cant say that, its too vicious.' Can you believe it? I said that," he continued. "They said, well Michele Obama said it. I said she did? Now she said that, but we don't hear about that."
In August 2007, Michelle Obama did say, "If you can't run your own house, you can't run the White House." Some suggested that it may have been a dig at Hillary Clinton and her husband's affairs, and the line gained attention when it was picked up by the Drudge Report. But both Michelle and Barack Obama denied that the line referenced Hillary Clinton.
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Roy Rolling
(6,933 posts)But what's a woman to do with her time after she's finished the housework and before she fixes dinner for Obama and the kids, Donald?
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)Then nobody but the nutjobs will give a fuck what this ass has to say anymore.
okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)he has to say. And the true joy there is that lying to those folks is a crime!! Ha, ha. Perjury much, Donald?
Botany
(70,581 posts)"You want a character debate, Trump? You better stick with me, 'cause Michelle Obama is way out
of your league."
all american girl
(1,788 posts)Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)as Trump has proved again and again, he simply can't resist taking bait.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-michelle-obama_us_580a67a6e4b0cdea3d875c11?section=
Last week, White House spokesman Eric Schultz seemed to lay the bait for Trump to attack the first lady, who had a high favorable rating of 64 percent in August, according to Gallup.
I cant think of a bolder way for Donald Trump to lose even more standing than he already has than by engaging the first lady of the United States, he said.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,240 posts)Democrat in the country. I say, go for it, and see how that works for him.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)His speaking pattern must give English teachers fits.
mazzarro
(3,450 posts)I have been wondering about that too!
brett_jv
(1,245 posts)They say the way he speaks is probably his greatest asset, even better than his temperment if you can believe that!?!
English teachers love him ... bigly.
But you don't hear about it ... it's really very sad that you never hear about how much they love him.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)Crooked Hillary's media connections that are to fault
Jon King
(1,910 posts)Its all about the base. The deplorables even post horrid stuff about Mrs. Obama.
keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)How much is Pence campaigning now that Donald has proven him a liar?
Does Pence even bother to get out of bed anymore?
murielm99
(30,761 posts)right after the debate? I noticed the body language. Trump tried to pull Pence in close, to speak into his ear. Pence resisted. After a few seconds, Pence gave ground and had a small stumble before stepping in closer to Trump. Odious as he is, even Pence seems repelled by Trump.
jpak
(41,759 posts)Crybaby
yup
Lulu KC
(2,574 posts)But please shut up, Donald. Please. Laryngitis, please?
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)English isn't her first language. With Trump I guess one can say that honesty isn't his first language.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)niyad
(113,552 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)niyad
(113,552 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,475 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,020 posts)okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)referring back to the only time he was even mildly successful?
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)Historic NY
(37,453 posts)hey she could be the next POTUS.
dalton99
(781 posts)To understand how Trump got this point you have to understand who is shaping Trumps worldview. The architect of the candidates last-gasp attempt to bring the country down with him is Steve Bannon, the former head of a fabulist, far-right website Breitbart. Bannon is not much of a Republican.
Im a Leninist, he said in a conversation recounted by Ronald Radosh in The Daily Beast. Lenin wanted to destroy the state, and thats my goal, too. I want to bring everything crashing down and destroy all of todays establishment.
Panich52
(5,829 posts)With Nothing Left To Lose, Donald Trump Lashes Out At Michelle Obama
Maybe not such a good idea.
Sam Levine Associate Politics Editor, The Huffington Post
Donald Trump, with his standing among women badly damaged by reports of predatory behavior toward them, is now attacking Michelle Obama, one of the countrys most popular political figures.
The GOP presidential nominees attacks Friday come as Obama has shown herself to be one of the best surrogates for his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, on the campaign trail. She has given cutting speeches highlighting the pain that Trumps comments about women have caused her and his refusal to promise to accept the results of the election ― often without mentioning the GOP nominees name.
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Michelle Obama did speak about the importance of modeling strong family values during the 2008 primary campaign, but never mentioned Clintons name and the Obama campaign denied at the time that it was a veiled swipe at the Clintons, according to PolitiFact.
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http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_580a67a6e4b0cdea3d875c11
Nitram
(22,877 posts)Complaining about Democrats campaigning against him? What a tool.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,176 posts)"A person she has always liked is Michelle Obama," McIver wrote. "Over the phone, she read me some passages from Mrs. Obama's speech as examples. I wrote them down and later included some of the phrasing in the draft that ultimately became the final speech."
That he would even dare to bring up Michelle's name again after the plagiarism fiasco is un-freakin-believable.
whistler162
(11,155 posts)To see your dream of the Presidency fail ignominiously!
Donald Rory Calhoun said it best -
MissMillie
(38,578 posts)How many Republicans are running AWAY from you?
Not so much w/ your opponent.
sofa king
(10,857 posts)riversedge
(70,299 posts)Daniel Dale ?@ddale8 19h19 hours ago
Trump is citing a 2007 Michelle Obama quote as an attack on Hillary Clinton. Full quote makes it clear it wasn't: pic.twitter.com/9otnKBEWjL
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Nitram
(22,877 posts)There is no job description for First Lady, and she can do whatever the fuck she wants.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)What a dick! Stay away from Michelle!