Stop Nominating Michelle Obama to Run for Office

It’s not on the former first lady — or Black women— to fix the nation’s problems

A person watches former first lady Michelle Obama speak during the opening night of the Democratic National Convention on August 17, 2020. Photo: Chris Delmas/AFP/Getty Images

In a post-election interview for Vulture, filmmaker Michael Moore suggested that Democrats would have scored a more decisive victory against President Donald Trump if they’d run former first lady Michelle Obama as his opponent: