Michelle Obama Will Speak At DNC Tonight

Former First Lady Michelle Obama will give a prime-time speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday.

Michelle’s speech is slated to start Tuesday evening.

She will speak the same night as her husband, former President Barack Obama, and Democratic Vice President candidate Tim Walz.

Michelle’s speech will be the first time the former First Lady has publicly supported Kamala Harris as Vice President besides making a post on X.

It was previously speculated that Michelle herself would be nominated as the Democratic Presidential candidate, but after dropping out, Biden quickly endorsed Kamala as the nominee, and other Democrats quickly followed in line.

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Per USA Today:

On Tuesday, some of the most prominent Democratic figures will lay out their pitch for the future of the party and the country. Former former first lady Michelle Obama will take the stage to back Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz, and former President Barack Obama will headline the primetime speakers.

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Convention organizers are “making adjustments” to Tuesday night’s programming to ensure the festivities don’t stretch into the early hours of the morning, as they did on Monday.

Day 2 of the Democratic convention will start at 5:30 p.m. CT/6:30 p.m. ET.

Speakers will include former President Barack Obama, former first lady Michelle Obama, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and second gentleman Dough Emhoff.

Michelle Obama will be speaking at the DNC.

Considering it’s a gathering of communists who hate America, she’s the perfect fit.

Remember when she said that the first time she felt proud of America was when her Marxist husband won the White House? 👇 pic.twitter.com/WPSl3Vp5QY

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Here’s what The Hill reported:

The last time Michelle Obama took the stage at the Democratic National Convention, in support of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, she stole the show with inarguably the most memorable line of the week: “When they go low, we go high.”

Since then, Obama has all but disappeared from the political spotlight, reemerging only when the moment calls for her voice.

But when she takes the stage Tuesday night, she will give the crowd a glimpse of the party’s fantasy candidate.
“She would never run,” said one aide who worked in the Obama White House. “And yet, she’s everyone’s favorite Democrat, even more than her husband sometimes. And I think he knows that.”

When she spoke virtually during the 2020 Democratic convention, she yielded more online engagement than any of the other speakers, according to NewsWhip, a website that monitors social media and digital traffic.

Polls routinely show the former first lady as the most popular Democrat in the country, and she has routinely given Republicans a scare when she has been floated as a potential candidate.

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Democratic strategist Jamal Simmons called her “the biggest rock star in the party.”

“She sold out arenas on her book tour,” Simmons said. “Her voice will be even more powerful because she hasn’t done much politics lately.”

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