FLOTUS Dismisses Birther Hubbub: 'Barack Has Answered Those Questions'

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

First Lady Michelle Obama briefly addressed the hullabaloo around Donald Trump finally admitting Friday that her husband was indeed born in the United States, choosing to focus on the achievements of her husband's presidency and encouraging voters to pick someone optimistic to succeed him.

Obama was greeted with cheers and shouts of "four more years!" in her first campaign trail speech in support of Hillary Clinton at George Mason University in Virginia. While she spent much of the speech talking up Clinton's bona fides, she did dwell for a minute on the topic of the day: the birther movement.

The first lady did not mention Trump by name, but she praised the President Barack Obama for "going high" when his opponents "go low" and question whether he is truly a U.S. citizen.

"Back then, people had all kinds of questions about what kind of President Barack would be. Things like, 'Does he understand us?' 'Will he protect us?'" she said. "Then, of course, there were those who continued to question for the past eight years up through this very day whether my husband was even born in this country. Well, during his time in office, I think Barack has answered those questions with the example he set by going high when they go low and he answered those questions with progress we've achieved together."

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[LonePirate]

1. I would love for her to run for POTUS in 2024 after 8 years of President Hillary Clinton.

Her grace and dignity are legendary and underappreciated given all of the racist and sexist crap she and her family have endured these past eight years.

[hibbing]

2. She's got it all

Brains, beauty, and of course I always love it when she gives the president grief in public and he accepts it because he knows what she says is true.

Peace

[BumRushDaShow]

3. "Barack has answered those questions with the example he set by going high"

and there were no "FEMA camps", their guns were not "taken away", and armageddon as we know it did not occur except in their own twisted freakish minds.

[Sunlei]

4. trumps still angry -he was humiliated in public at the correspondents dinner, Repubs invited him.

Republicans have been using trump bagger hate to further their agendas for almost a decade.