The former Lady of Michelle Obama will not take part in the inauguration of Trump – essence

The former Lady of Michelle Obama will not take part in the inauguration of the president-Elek Donald Trump next week.

IN statement It was confirmed from the Barack’s office and Michelle Obama that while former President Barack Obama would take part in the 60s inaugural ceremonies, Michelle Obama will not join him. No specific reason for her absence was given.

The message appears only just a few days after she did not participate in the state funeral service of former President Jimmy Carter.

Mrs. Oobama was a loud critic of Trump during the presidential elections in 2016, 2020 and 2024. In her memory in 2018, Mrs. Obama shared a shock when she learned that Trump would replace her husband. She also did not stop Trump, who undermined Barack Obama’s citizenship, condemned the campaign.

Last fall, she hit the campaign trail for the presidential candidate for democratic Kamala Harris, giving a moving speech in Michigan. There, she performed a direct call to act, calling for men to vote for Harris and emphasizing the stake of the potential return of Trump to the White House: “Women’s life would be threatened,” she said, referring to influence on women’s rights based on the second Trump administration.

Her office shared that her last public performance had on October 26, 2023, when she conducted a campaign alongside the vice chairman of Kamali Harris in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She also sat all the way down to an interview with Jennifer Hudson on December 17, According to NBC News.

Mrs. Obama took part in the inauguration of Trump in 2017, even though it was not a pleasant memory for her. In 2023, on her podcast, Light Podcast, she considered at the present time: “[T]There was no variety here, there was no color at this stage. There was no reflection of the wider sense of America. Many people took pictures for me and they are such that you were not in a good mood. No, I wasn’t. “