Michelle Obama: Who’s going to tell Trump the presidency is a ‘Black job?’

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(CNN) – Michelle Obama returned to her hometown of Chicago on Tuesday night to deliver a rousing and forceful endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris during the second night of the Democratic National Convention.Throughout the speech, the former first lady didn’t mince words when she spoke about Donald Trump and the threat she feels he poses to the country and democracy.Related Stories And, in perhaps her most frank and public comments to date, Obama spoke about the racism she and former President Barack Obama experienced during their eight years in the White House – attacks that were often perpetuated by Trump, who spent years pushing of the “birtherism” conspiracy theory about the birthplace and presidential eligibility of the first Black president.“For years, Donald Trump did everything in his power to try to make people fear us,” she said. “His limited narrow view of the world made him feel threatened by the existence of two hard-working, highly educated, successful people – who happen to be Black.”“Wait, I want to know – who’s going to tell him that the job he’s currently seeking might just be one of those ‘Black jobs?’” she said.The allusion to a widely criticized remark Trump made in...

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