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On Saturday, former first lady Michelle Obama spoke at the United State of Women Summit and didn’t hesitate to go after women who had voted for President Donald Trump.
“We’re still at that stage where we’re trying to figure out what it means to be women and what we think of ourselves and what we think of each other,” Obama said. “Sorry, in light of this last election, I’m concerned about us as women and how we think about ourselves and about each other.”
“What is going on in our heads where we let that happen?” she asked.
“So I do wonder, what are young girls dreaming about if we’re still there? When the most qualified person running was a woman and look what we did instead. I mean that says something about where we are. Forget everybody else. That’s what we have to explore.”
“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 still doing that today, if we’re not comfortable with the notion that a woman could be our president compared to what?” she asked as the crowd cheered her on.
Caleb Hull is the Senior Editor at IJR….
