Michelle Obama's speech at DNC 2020 proves America (still) doesn't deserve her

As she listed the magnitude of the responsibilities and duties of a president, things she witnessed firsthand for eight years, she pointed out that “being president doesn’t change who you are; it reveals who you are.”This site is protected by recaptcha Privacy Policy | Terms of ServiceAs Obama urged for racial justice honoring the lives of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, she remarked that “the simple fact that a Black life matters is still met with derision from the nation’s highest office.” Even when talking about the value of empathy, one of Trump’s most well-known blind spots, she never made it about him. Meanwhile, alpha-men famous for their lack of empathy have repeatedly failed in their response to the worst pandemic in a century.At times, Obama’s message felt less like a political speech, and more like a staged and necessary intervention for a nation that had lost its way.