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‘Hope Is Making a Comeback’: The Biggest Moments From Michelle Obama’s 2024 DNC Speech
TIME
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8/21/2024
Former First Lady Michelle Obama stepped back into the political spotlight on Tuesday night, returning to her hometown of Chicago to rally support for Vice President Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention.
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The last time I was here in my hometown was to memorialize my mother.
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The woman who showed me the meaning of hard work and humility and decency.
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The woman who set my moral compass high and showed me the power of my own voice.
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I still feel her loss so profoundly.
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I wasn't even sure if I'd be steady enough to stand before you tonight.
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But my heart compelled me to be here because of the sense of duty that I feel to honor
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her memory and to remind us all not to squander the sacrifices our elders made to give us
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a better future.
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Kamala worked her way up to become Vice President of the United States of America.
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My girl, Kamala Harris, is more than ready for this moment.
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She is one of the most qualified people ever to seek the office of the presidency.
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If things don't go our way, we don't have the luxury of whining or cheating others to
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get further ahead.
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No.
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We don't get to change the rules so we always win.
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If we see a mountain in front of us, we don't expect there to be an escalator waiting to
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take us to the top.
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No.
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We put our heads down.
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We get to work.
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In America, we do something.
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I want to know, who's going to tell him that the job he's currently seeking might just
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be one of those black jobs?
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His same old con, doubling down on ugly, misogynistic, racist lies as a substitute for real ideas
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and solutions that will actually make people's lives better.
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Look, because cutting our health care, taking away our freedom to control our bodies, the
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freedom to become a mother through IVF like I did, those things are not going to improve
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the health outcomes of our wives, mothers, and daughters.
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Shutting down the Department of Education, banning our books, none of that will prepare
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our kids for the future.
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Demonizing our children for being who they are and loving who they love, look, that doesn't
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make anybody's life better.
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Instead, it only makes us small.
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Let me tell you this, going small is never the answer.
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Going small is the opposite of what we teach our kids.
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Going small is petty, it's unhealthy, and quite frankly, it's un-presidential.
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Remember there are still so many people who are desperate for a different outcome, who
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are ready to question and criticize every move Kamala makes, who are eager to spread
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those lies, who don't want to vote for a woman, who will continue to prioritize building their
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wealth over ensuring that everyone has enough.
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So folks, we cannot be our own worst enemies.
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No.
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See, because the minute something goes wrong, the minute a lie takes hold, folks, we cannot
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start wringing our hands.
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We cannot get a Goldilocks complex about whether everything is just right, and we cannot indulge
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our anxieties about whether this country will elect someone like Kamala instead of doing
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everything we can to get someone like Kamala elected.
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It's up to us to remember what Kamala's mother told her.
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Don't just sit around and complain, do something.
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So if they lie about her, and they will, we've got to do something.
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If we see a bad poll, and we will, we've got to put down that phone and do something.
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If we start feeling tired, if we start feeling that dread creeping back in, we've got to
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pick ourselves up, throw water on our face, and what?
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Do something!
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