Here’s Why Michelle Obama Did Not Attend Jimmy Carter’s Funeral

Talk about disrespectful…

As First Lady, and First Lady Emeritus, certain things are expected of you.

Not much, but things like attending funerals for a deceased President rises right to the top of the list.

So you’d expect Michelle Obama to find a way to attend Jimmy Carter’s funeral today, except she wasn’t there.

Nope, she was noticeably absent:

Where is Michelle Obama?? pic.twitter.com/xK95KnWsAw

— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) January 9, 2025

Al Gore was there.

Mike Pence was there.

And on and on down the list to lesser and lesser well-known names, they all found a way to attend.

But not Michelle.

The big question all day has been WHY?

What did she have that was more important than this?

Some speculated, perhaps even jokingly, that she didn’t attend because she would have had to sit next to President Trump.

It turns out that actually worked well, because without Big Mike errrrrr “Michelle” in attendance, Barry was having the time of his life laughing at President Trump’s jokes:

Trump and Obama Cozy, Laughing and Chatting It Up At President Carter’s Funeral

But that wasn't the true reason.

No, the reason is she had a "scheduling conflict".

Ok, with what?

A Hawaiian vacation that she extended.

You can't make this stuff up folks:

HOW UTTERLY DISRESPECTFUL: CNN says that Michelle Obama has a "scheduling conflict, and she is still actually in Hawaii on an extended holiday vacation."

Imagine if Melania Trump did this. The leftist media would be in total meltdown. pic.twitter.com/XMl1417RVk

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 9, 2025

CNN confirms that Michelle Obama was missing today due to a "scheduling conflict" caused by an extended holiday vacation in Hawaii. pic.twitter.com/zjLBhsIaKs

— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) January 9, 2025

Listen to this clip about 49 seconds in and you'll hear CNN confirm it:

BREAKING: CNN is reporting Michelle Obama skipped the funeral of President Jimmy Carter because she is still in Hawaii on "an extended holiday vacation" (0:49 in the clip below). How utterly disrespectful! pic.twitter.com/J9pww7lfVi

— LivePDDave 🇺🇸 (@LivePDDave1) January 9, 2025

Here's more from Fox News confirming -- and hey, at least she sent her thoughts and prayers:

The state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter on Thursday at the Washington National Cathedral included every living former president, as well as various dignitaries from around the world.

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Also notable were some VIPs not in attendance.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney was not seen at the funeral inside Washington, D.C.'s National Cathedral. The 83-year-old, who has had health issues, was the only living vice president who did not make the trip, as former Vice Presidents Al Gore, Joe Biden, Mike Pence and Dan Quayle were in attendance.

Also missing from the ceremony was former first lady Michelle Obama, who was not seated alongside her husband, former President Barack Obama.

"Mrs. Obama sends her thoughts and prayers to the Carter family, and everyone who loved and learned from the remarkable former President," Crystal Carson, a spokesperson for Michelle Obama, told Politico.

The outlet reported that Michelle Obama, who would have sat next to Trump at the funeral, had a scheduling conflict and is in Hawaii.

Former first lady Hillary Clinton was in attendance alongside her husband, former President Bill Clinton.

Also spotted at the funeral were former first ladies Laura Bush and Melania Trump, who sat alongside their husbands. Former second lady Karen Pence was next to her husband and first lady Jill Biden was seated alongside President Biden.

Former and current U.S. Secret Service agents assigned to the Jimmy Carter detail walk with the hearse carrying his flag-draped casket at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, on Saturday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

All five living men who once occupied the White House — the so-called presidents’ club — President Biden and former presidents Clinton, George W. Bush, Obama and President-elect Trump came together for the first time since the 2018 funeral of former President George H.W. Bush.

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