Sorry, Democrats. Michelle Obama received’t sq. off in opposition to President Donald Trump this November.
The favored ex-First Girl centered her consideration this week on Vice President Kamala Harris’ race to the White Home. Obama stem-winder at Tuesday’s Democratic Nationwide Conference in Chicago attacked President Donald Trump and praised Harris.
Nothing uncommon there.
.@MichelleObama says her dad and mom have been “suspicious of parents who took greater than they wanted.” pic.twitter.com/64tNg2ar42
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) August 21, 2024
It additionally included a private second she hoped would replicate effectively on her, Harris and the Democrats in toto.
The context? The buildup of wealth and the ethical readability to unfold it round.
“She and my father didn’t aspire to be rich. Actually, they have been suspicious of parents who took greater than they wanted,” Michelle Obama mentioned [of her parents]. “They understood that it wasn’t sufficient for his or her children to thrive if everybody else round us was drowning. So my mom volunteered on the native faculty.”
The corrupt press heard that sentiment and didn’t bat an eye fixed. Everybody else within the nation took a giant, lengthy pause.
Wait … what?
The Obamas’ private wealth is substantial in 2024. Ebook gross sales. Talking charges. And, for individuals who comply with the leisure house, their Netflix contract.
The Obamas joined Group Netflix in 2018. The official numbers behind the deal weren’t disclosed. On the time, the Trump economic system was firing on all cylinders, the Hollywood bubble had but to burst and marquee names like Ryan Murphy had inked Netflix offers far north of $100 million.
CNN’s sources described the Obamas’ contract as a excessive eight-figure deal. Suffice it to say Netflix made the Obamas wealthy.
Richer, to be exact.
That pact paved the best way for Oscar-nominated documentaries like “American Issue” in addition to fawning initiatives equivalent to “Turning into.”