However, these hopes were dimmed in the face of Donald Trump’s rise to the presidency.
Misinformation and “fake news” have been hot topics in politics over the past two terms.
Now,Michelle Obamais stepping up to fact-check Trump’s memory of his swearing-in.
She also talked about the 2017 inauguration, during which Michelle’s disdain was visible in press photos.
We saw it, by the way!"
The then-president even toldABC News: “We had a massive crowd of people …
I looked over that sea of people and I said to myself, ‘Wow.’
And I’ve seen crowds before.
Big, big crowds.
That was some crowd.”
Within his first week, the newly-elected President Trump was adamant about proving his crowds were massive.
After he made these obviously inflated claims about attendance rates, evidence proving their falsehood quickly came to light.
Side-by-side shots of the crowd during Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration versus Trump’s 2017 inauguration quickly went viral.
“[I] cried for 30 minutes straight, uncontrollable sobbing,” she acknowledged on her podcast.
It’s true that no president’s White House tenure is without hardships.
But for the Obamas, being the first Black First Family came with its own unique set of difficulties.
But, after the 2016 election, mindsets changed significantly.
What the Obamas championed for eight years anti-racism, representation, and inclusion for underrepresented communities was suddenly undermined.
