*Speaking at an event Wednesday, former first lady Michelle Obama said women who voted for Republican nominee Donald Trump over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton went against their “authentic voice” in the 2016 presidential election.
“Any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their own voice,” she said at the Inbound 2017 conference in Boston, according to video from inside the event.
“What does it mean for us as women that we look at those two candidates, as women, and many of us said, that guy, he’s better for me, his voice is more true to me,” Obama said. “Well, to me that just says you don’t like your voice. You like the thing you’re told to like.”
Watch below:
Vid of Michelle Obama on finding your voice, Hillary Clinton, and women who voted for Trump #INBOUND17 pic.twitter.com/GBnzbAufxo
— Allyanna Anglim (@AllyannaAnglim) September 27, 2017
Mrs. Obama went on to say that her comments about the election are some of the things she has “rolling around in (her) head” as she writes her book and reflects on the past decade in the political spotlight.
“When you’re in it, you don’t have a moment, a second, to think,” she said. “This is the first time in eight years, probably 10 years, that I’ll have a chance to think back on what it all meant.”
Despite the criticisms, Obama said she hopes that Trump not only succeeds as president, but is treated more charitably than people — and the Republican Party — treated her husband, former President Barack Obama, during his eight years in the Oval Office.
“We want the sitting President to be successful because we live in this country. He is our commander in chief, he was voted in,” she said, adding that she knows from experience that “it is very difficult to lead when you have a peanut gallery of people who don’t know what they’re talking about second-guessing what you do.”
“When you’ve been in that position, you see that most formers do take a step back, they do let the current holder of the office lead. You do step up when you’re asked, and you do try to make sure what you say is constructive,” she continued. “Now, like I said, there was a whole party that didn’t do that for my husband, a whole political party that did not, but what we’ve learned is part of our legacy is leading with grace.”
Below, Obama tells women in the audience to find, and use their voices.
#INBOUND17 – @MichelleObama‘s message to women: Find & use your voice. Your words don’t need to be perfect. Don’t be silenced. #wow #yes pic.twitter.com/V5a1WeIT3t
— Amanda (@MandyGasse) September 27, 2017
Watch Michelle Obama’s talk at Inbound 2017 below:
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