*She may not be residing in the White House anymore, but former first lady Michelle Obama is still most definitely politically minded.
In fact, Mrs. Obama is revealing her new celeb-packed “voting squad” whose purpose is encouraging Americans to head to the polls in 2020.
“Last year, we went big. Millions of new voters made their voices heard for the first time. Now the stakes are even higher,” Obama says in a video that’s part of her When We All Vote campaign.
“That’s why I’ve been reaching out to some friends to expand my voting squad for the year ahead,” she adds in the clip, released almost exactly a year before the 2020 presidential election.
Check out the video and you’ll see folks like Tom Hanks, “Hamilton’s” Lin-Manuel Miranda as well as TV producer Shonda Rhimes, soccer pro Megan Rapinoe and singers Faith Hill, Selena Gomez and Janelle Monáe.
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With less than a year to the 2020 elections, it’s time to start thinking about your #VotingSquad.
I’ve got mine:
Shonda.
Liza.
Selena.
Tom.
Lin-Manuel.
Tracee.
Faith.
Kerry.
Chris.
Janelle.
Megan.
Rita.Join us at https://t.co/cBTTn9yuTH and learn how you can get involved. pic.twitter.com/e1QJPECWBL
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) November 7, 2019
“It all starts with you. You’re the only person that can have that conversation with your family and your friends and your girlfriends and even with your community to get them registered and ready to vote,” the celebrities tell viewers.
Also featured in the video: “Black-ish’s” Tracee Ellis Ross, Rita Wilson, YouTube star Liza Koshy and NBA player Chris Paul.
The Hill notes that Obama, 55, “first kicked off the get-out-the-vote push in July of last year, ahead of the midterm elections. When it launched, organizers said the initiative from the nonpartisan nonprofit was to ‘start a conversation on the responsibilities that we all have in shaping our country’s future through the ballot box.'”
With this year’s effort, When We All Vote said in a news release, the group “is calling on Americans to organize their own squads, volunteer groups aimed at getting friends, family, classmates and community registered and ready to vote.”
In the new video, Rapinoe tells viewers, “It’s up to you to change the game.”
“Because when we squad up,” actress Kerry Washington says, “we can change the world.”
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