In 2016, there were many decent people willing to give Trump a chance in the hope that he would rise to the level of the office. But over the past four years, they have been dismayed by his tweets and exasperated by his general behavior in office. Suburban women — many of them mothers, but not all — won the House back for Democrats in 2018 as voters and volunteers. Almost no one in politics can appeal to this audience while also motivating the Democratic base the way Michelle Obama can. She showed that tonight.
She was remarkably, but characteristically, honest about how some people simply chose not to vote in 2016 and outlined what it cost all of us. To young people, especially young Black and Brown voters who want radical change immediately, she said Biden would be the first to admit that he is not perfect. She made voting part of a strategy for confronting the big problems coming down the road.
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