With a mixture of going low and going high, Michelle Obama delivered the speech of the night on the second night of the Democratic National Convention, jabbing and delivering an affectionate tribute to the party's nominee, . "Donald Trump did everything in his power to try to make people fear us,"she said. "His limited, narrow view of the world made him feel threatened by the existence of two hard working and highly educated, successful people who happen to be Black.
I want to know who's going to tell him that the job he's currently seeking might just be one of those Black jobs," Obama said referring to Trump's repeated statements that immigrants are taking "Black jobs." Obama urged Democrats to protect and defend Harris from the expected attacks in the coming 11 weeks and to not let Republicans set the narrative. With President Joe Biden's late exit from the race, Harris and her campaign have a tight timeline to introduce her to the American people and sway the slim margin of undecided voters expected to be pivotal to the outcome of the race.
Obama, who said she struggled to attend the convention because she is still grieving the death of her mother, had the harshest words for the former president in a convention night that has been filled with not so subtle jabs. Trump was a predominant voice in the so-called birther conspiracy, which questioned whether Barack Obama was born in the United States. "Look, it's his same old con, his same old con, doubling down on ugly, misogyn.