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kpete

(71,978 posts)
Fri May 12, 2017, 04:09 PM May 2017

AMEN to First Lady Michelle Obama: "Weve got to make sure we dont let anybody take us back"

FLOTUS to Trump & GOP: "Why don't you want our kids to have good food? What is wrong with you?"


*drops mic*








" the former first lady said Friday at the annual Partnership for a Healthier America Summit, her first public appearance in Washington since leaving office.


"Every elected official on this planet should understand," Obama said, her voice rising with indignation as she urged moms to make their voices heard. "Don’t play with our children. Don’t do it."

Obama, who remains popular with the public, did not mention Trump by name but railed against the new administration's moves to roll back some of the nutrition policies she championed in the White House — from school meals to calorie labels. She left no doubt she will publicly rebuke any attempt to wipe out her work on childhood obesity.

"If we really want to make this country great, then our kids need to be healthy and they need to have access to the best," she said. "Not just some of them, but all of them."

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/12/michelle-obama-childhood-obesity-healthy-eating-donald-trump-238332
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AMEN to First Lady Michelle Obama: "Weve got to make sure we dont let anybody take us back" (Original Post) kpete May 2017 OP
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