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minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down7·edit-24 days agoNo. People wanted Michelle Obama but nobody was given a choice. https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/only-michelle-obama-bests-trump-alternative-biden-2024 https://www.thedailybeast.com/as-dems-cast-the-search-light-looking-for-biden-alternatives-michelle-obama-trounces-trump-in-reuters-poll/
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down4·4 days agoYou have to want to run for president. I don’t think she did.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down9·edit-24 days agoWho knows? What is she suppose to say? There was never a primary. They just pushed a genocide co-pilot on us when it could have been an easy W. That’s their priorities.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·4 days agoI mean she literally said she didn’t want to. And that was long before Harris was the nominee. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/michelle-obama-former-first-lady-not-running-president-2024-rcna141767 In fact, she’s been saying it repeatedly since 2012. https://www.businessinsider.com/what-michelle-obama-has-said-about-running-for-president-list-2024-7 (You can put 12ft.io in front of the https to get around the paywall.) Now you can claim she’s been lying since 2012, but I don’t think that’s desirable in a candidate, do you?
No. People wanted Michelle Obama but nobody was given a choice.
You have to want to run for president. I don’t think she did.
Who knows? What is she suppose to say? There was never a primary. They just pushed a genocide co-pilot on us when it could have been an easy W. That’s their priorities.
I mean she literally said she didn’t want to. And that was long before Harris was the nominee.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/michelle-obama-former-first-lady-not-running-president-2024-rcna141767
In fact, she’s been saying it repeatedly since 2012.
https://www.businessinsider.com/what-michelle-obama-has-said-about-running-for-president-list-2024-7 (You can put 12ft.io in front of the https to get around the paywall.)
Now you can claim she’s been lying since 2012, but I don’t think that’s desirable in a candidate, do you?