The immediate past first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama has criticized women who voted for President Trump, saying they voted against their own interests.
Former first lady Michelle Obama said, “Any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their own voice.” (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
Former U.S first lady, Michelle Obama, has on Wednesday, leveled harsh criticism at women who voted for President Donald Trump, suggesting they voted against their own interests.
“Any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their own voice,” Obama told the audience during a talk at a marketing conference in Boston, according to Fox News.
She went on to suggest female voters for Trump were just going with the pack.
“It doesn’t say much about Hillary, and everybody’s trying to worry about what it means for Hillary and no, no, no what does this mean for us as women?” she asked.
“That we look at those two candidates, as women, and many of us said, ‘He’s better for me. His voice is more true to me.’ To me that just says, you don’t like your voice. You just like the thing you’re told to like.”
She was taking a swipe at a large swath of the population - according to exit polls, 41 percent of women voted for Trump in November.
Obama, who campaigned for Clinton during the 2016 election, was speaking as a part of Inbound, a sales and marketing conference.
When talking directly about Trump, Obama took a different tone.
“We want him to be successful. He was elected,” she said, referring to her and former President Barack Obama’s hopes for the current president.
“When you’ve been in that position, you have a different perspective.”
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