Michelle Obama says she’s terrified about potential outcome of 2024 election | CNN Politics
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Former first lady Michelle Obama said she’s “terrified” about the potential outcome of the 2024 election, listing November’s presidential contest as among the fears that keep her awake at night, in a podcast interview released Monday.

“What’s going to happen in this next election? I’m terrified about what could possibly happen, because our leaders matter. Who we select, who speaks for us, who holds that bully pulpit, it affects us in ways sometimes I think people take for granted,” Obama told Jay Shetty on his podcast “On Purpose.”

“The fact that people think that government — ‘eh, does it really even do anything?’ — and I’m like ‘Oh my God, does government do everything for us, and we cannot take this democracy for granted.’ And I worry sometimes that we do. Those are the things that keep me up,” she said.

“The bars are different for people in life. That I’ve learned,” she said.

Without naming Trump, she continued: “Other people can be indicted a bunch of times and still run for office. Black men can’t. You just learn to be good. And in the end, you benefit from that extra resilience.”

  • AA5B@lemmy.world
    91·
    10 months ago

    It’s never going to be that easy. I’m sure each of us can find a candidate we like better but a successful run is more than that:

    • fund raising - to some extent whoever raises the most money wins, and I’m pretty sure President Biden has
    • name recognition - is everyone familiar with your favorite candidate? You really can’t beat the familiarity of someone who is already President
    • middle of the road enough to attract many different voters, especially those independents sitting in the middle
    • has beaten Trump before

    While I think the President is doing a great job, I’d prefer someone more progressive. However that might alienate more voters than it would attract. I will not risk another trumptastrophe by insisting on more Progressiveness over electable, “progressive enough” and not insane

    The age thing does bother me, but I can only dream of doing that well at that age.

    We should focus on VP. We want someone in the wings and we want them to build name recognition, and that hasn’t worked for the current VP

    • Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world
      74·
      10 months ago

      So after this, if trump loses and runs again, you’ll be ok with continuing to support candidates you don’t fully align with just to stop the boogie man? What about once trump is gone and the Republicans have some new piece of shit boogieman in the running? What will it take for you to be comfortable voting with the people that you most closely align with?

      • AA5B@lemmy.world
        2·
        10 months ago

        I never understood this absolutism. I’ll vote for the candidate closest to my views every time, and have voted for third party candidates in the past. But it’s ridiculous to vote based on only one issue

      • nymwit@lemm.ee
        1·
        10 months ago

        I don’t disagree with your logic in general, but Trump isn’t a boogeyman. A boogeyman isn’t real. A boogeyman can’t hurt you. We all saw how Trump ran things. It’s not an imagined threat.

        What would it take to be comfortable voting FOR someone and not AGAINST the other one? Easy: ranked choice voting.