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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMichelle Obama on 2016 election: 'What is going on in our heads where we let that happen?'
Michelle Obama said Saturday that she is still reflecting on the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, asking how "we let that happen."The former first lady appeared as the keynote speaker at the United State of Women Summit in Los Angeles, where she spoke about how to reflect on standards for women following Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton's failed presidential bid.
"In light of this last election, I'm concerned about us as women and how we think," she said at the event. "What is going on in our heads where we let that happen, you know?"
In the 2016 election, 54 percent of women voted for Clinton, though that figure was sharply divided by race.
"When the most qualified person running was a woman, and look what we did instead, I mean that says something about where we are," Obama said, referencing President Trump's victory in the 2016 election. "That's what we have to explore, because if we as women are still suspicious of one another, if we still have this crazy, crazy bar for each other that we don't have for men if we're not comfortable with the notion that a woman could be our president compared to what, then we have to have those conversations with ourselves as women."
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http://thehill.com/homenews/news/386398-michelle-obama-on-2016-election-what-is-going-on-in-our-heads-where-we-let-that
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Michelle Obama on 2016 election: 'What is going on in our heads where we let that happen?' (Original Post)
kpete
May 2018
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Proud Liberal Dem
(24,406 posts)2. She is asking the right question
I'm too afraid to follow the rabbit hole all the way down to get the answer to it. :-/
msongs
(67,395 posts)3. hillary went high and trump went low nt