Michelle Obama, DNC, 2016: “That is the story of this country, the story that has brought me to this stage tonight, the story of generations of people who felt the lash of bondage, the shame of servitude, the sting of segregation, but who kept on striving and hoping and doing...
https://twitter.com/maryaliceparks/status/1298455999263707136
... and doing what needed to be done so that today I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves. And I watch my daughters, two beautiful, intelligent, black young women playing with their dogs on the White House lawn.”
Please tell me more about how rare it is for First Ladies to talk about slavery in the White House... Melania just plagiarizing Michelle again.
As for doing it physically “from the White House,” while seeking re-election for your husband, that is in gross violation of the Hatch Act, which is why it is “rare.”
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