Michelle Obama’s Office Addresses Presidential Rumors

Former First Lady Michelle Obama’s workplace shut down stories on Tuesday morning that she intends to run for president.

Obama’s workplace shared a press release with NBC News and made it clear that the previous first girl has no real interest in operating for the chief workplace.

“As former First Lady Michelle Obama has expressed several times over the years, she will not be running for president,” Crystal Carson, director of communications for the previous first girl’s workplace, mentioned. “Mrs. Obama supports President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ re-election campaign.”

Although the previous first girl will most likely have a smaller function than she did within the 2020 election, Michelle Obama nonetheless plans to help Biden in profitable re-election in 2024, in line with NBC.

According to the outlet, the Biden marketing campaign intends to capitalize on Michelle Obama’s standing with Democratic voters to spice up turnout in 2024.

Kevin Munoz, a spokesman for the Biden marketing campaign, claimed that the Obamas have been “enormously helpful” in serving to Biden win the presidency in 2020.

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“President and Michelle Obama were enormously helpful in the fight to beat Donald Trump and elect President Biden and Vice President Harris the first time and we are grateful to have their voice and their support in the fight for the fate of our democracy this November,” Munoz mentioned in a press release.

Michelle Obama’s workplace says the previous first girl ‘will not be running for president’ in 2024 https://t.co/WWOiBuKGlf

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An Obama aide referred to her dialog with Oprah final yr to elucidate why she would probably by no means run for workplace herself.

“Politics is hard,” Michelle Obama mentioned within the Netflix particular. “And the people who get into it—you’ve got to want it. It’s got to be in your soul because it is so important. It is not in my soul.”

Michelle Obama mentioned throughout a 2022 interview on the BBC that she “detests” questions on operating for president.

Speculation about Michelle Obama probably operating for president has been rampant for years.

During a 2020 interview on CNN, anchor Alisyn Camerota speculatively requested Jill Biden, “Maybe former first lady Michelle Obama?” amid conjecture about Biden’s potential operating mate.

Jill Biden laughed. “You know, I’d love it if Michelle would agree to it. But I — you know, I think she’s had it with politics. I don’t know. She’s so good at everything she does. That would — that would be wonderful,” she mentioned.

All of this comes as polling will not be nicely for President Joe Biden.

Younger voters have lengthy been supporters of Democrats, for probably the most half, however within the age of President Joe Biden, that seems to be altering.

In yet one more survey, Biden is dropping youthful voters underneath 30 to former President Donald Trump forward of the 2024 elections.

Fox News revealed a ballot on Sunday that discovered 51 p.c of voters youthful than 30 years previous plan to vote for Trump in November, whereas solely 45 p.c mentioned they intend to support Biden, Newsweek reported, including that could be a sizeable shift from 2020 when Biden simply gained the lion’s share of youthful voters.

Biden and Trump are each on observe to win their respective presidential primaries, doubtlessly setting the stage for a rematch between them in November.

However, latest polls have revealed doubtlessly regarding developments for Biden, indicating fissures inside the coalition that propelled him to the White House lower than 4 years in the past.

The president is at present grappling with questions concerning his declining support amongst younger voters, a demographic that usually leans progressive however has encountered issues with a few of Biden’s insurance policies.

Many younger voters have additionally voiced disillusionment with the prospect of a Biden-Trump rematch, calling for a contemporary era of management.

But that mentioned, the Fox News ballot is simply the most recent to point out youthful voters shifting away from Biden and in the direction of Trump.

Trump, for his half, has continued to woo voting blocs that historically lean in the direction of Democrats, and he did so again in a column revealed final fall geared toward youthful voters.

The Newsweek op-ed adopted a survey indicating Trump’s rising support from a youthful voting demographic that usually leans in the direction of Democrats greater than Biden. In his piece, Trump drew comparisons between the outcomes of his financial insurance policies and people of Biden, contending that younger voters fared higher underneath his management.

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