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Michelle Obama Rules Out 2028 Bid, Says U.S. ‘Not Ready’ for a Woman President

Her remarks from a Brooklyn book event posted online prompted a partisan argument about voter bias versus candidate performance.

Overview

  • Obama cited Donald Trump’s 2024 victory over Kamala Harris in explaining her stance and said many men still resist being led by a woman.
  • Alyssa Farah Griffin countered on The View that Hillary Clinton and Harris were flawed candidates, drawing pushback from cohosts and the audience.
  • Sunny Hostin agreed with Obama’s skepticism, saying a woman will not be president in her lifetime and later specifying that a white conservative woman might win first.
  • Joy Behar suggested the first female president could plausibly be a conservative, floating Liz Cheney as an example despite her current standing in the GOP.
  • Stephen A. Smith challenged Obama’s conclusion, pointing to recent female gubernatorial winners and Clinton’s 2016 popular-vote margin as evidence voters support women in top roles.