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Michelle Obama Rails Against Trump's Presidency: 'Yes, It Is Racist'

Former first lady Michelle Obama warned American voters just what the next four years could look like in an endorsement video for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, lambasting President Donald Trump for his actions in office that have stoked “fears about Black and brown Americans.”

In the nearly 25-minute-long video released Tuesday, Obama denounced Trump for being negligent during the COVID-19 crisis and failing to create a plan to save lives. She criticized his insistence on ignoring social distancing guidelines, holding rallies and other events for his supporters, and lying to the American people.

She also talked about the ongoing protests against racial inequality in America and Trump’s response. She accused the administration of spreading lies about Black and brown people to whip up “violence and intimidation” when the protests have been “overwhelmingly peaceful.”

“It is frustrating to hear [for] some folks that you’ve been the beneficiary of privilege, that the color of your skin gives you a head start. That is the reality for far too many hardworking, decent Americans. But, right now, the president and his allies are trying to tap into that frustration and distract from his breathtaking failures by giving folks someone to blame other than them,” she said.

“They’re stoking fears about Black and brown Americans, lying about how minorities will destroy the suburbs, whipping up violence and intimidation. And they’re pinning it all on what’s been an overwhelmingly peaceful movement for racial solidarity. It’s true. Research backs it up. Only a tiny fraction of demonstrations have had any violence at all.”

Obama went on to call out Trump’s actions for what they are: racist.

“So what the president is doing is, once again, patently false. It’s morally wrong and yes, it is racist. But that doesn’t mean it won’t work,” she said, before imploring undecided voters to put themselves in her and her ancestors’...Continue reading on HuffPost