Overview
- At a Nov. 14 conversation with Tracee Ellis Ross at the Brooklyn Academy of Music promoting her book “The Look,” Obama said the country remains unprepared to elect a woman.
- She told supporters not to look to her as a candidate, warning people not to waste her time.
- Obama tied her assessment to persistent male reluctance to be led by women, pointing to the 2024 result against Harris.
- A video of the exchange was published on her YouTube account.
- She has long declined calls to run and instead focuses her platform on education, health and equality after campaigning for Harris in 2024.