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Posted: 2024-08-21T03:52:26Z | Updated: 2024-08-21T16:59:05Z

Former First Lady Michelle Obama shaded former President Donald Trump s racist remarks about Black jobs during her speech Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention.

I want to know, Obama said, Whos gonna tell [Trump] that the job hes currently seeking might just be one of those Black jobs ?

During her speech, Obama spoke about her mother and the future of the country, and criticized Trump saying he has done everything in his power to try and make people fear us, calling his views small, petty and unpresidential.

His limited narrow view of the world made him feel threatened by two hard-working, successful people who happened to be Black, she said.

During Junes debate between Trump and President Joe Biden , Trump rambled about Bidens immigration policy, calling it a big kill on the Black people by allowing millions of people to enter America via the border.

Theyre taking Black jobs now and it could be 18, it could be 19 and even 20 million people, Trump said.

Theyre taking Black jobs and theyre taking Hispanic jobs, and you havent seen it yet but youre gonna see something thats going to be the worst in our history, he added.

Obama continued her speech, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president, and pointed out how Harris has shown allegiance to America by not spewing anger and bitterness but by living a life of service and always pushing the doors of opportunity open to others.

Obama then seemingly shaded Trump and other rich people, saying that people like her and Harris will never benefit from generational wealth.

Obama closed her remarks with a nod to her popular 2016 catchphrase : When they go low, we go high.

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