Michelle Obama said Trump was “really good at using fear and confusion and spreading lies to win” (File)
Washington:
Donald Trump is a “racist” president whose strategy of fear, division and promotion of ugly conspiracy theories could “destroy” America if re-elected, former first lady Michelle Obama said Tuesday.
In a 24-minute video presenting closing arguments for Democratic White House candidate Joe Biden four weeks before election day on November 3, Obama described Trump and his Republican allies as “unfairly fueling the fears” of Afro- Americans.
Trump is “morally wrong” to take measures that intimidate voters and to “lie” about how minorities are going to ruin American suburbs, she said.
“What the president is doing is once again blatantly wrong, it’s morally wrong, and yes, it’s racist,” said the 56-year-old wife of Barack Obama, the country’s first black president.
But she warned that such tactics have the potential to work, especially because Americans lack the time and energy to check out anything that spreads online or in the American media.
“Because it’s a difficult time, a confusing time, and when people hear these crazy lies and conspiracies over and over again, they don’t know what to think,” she said.
“And the only thing this president is really, really good at is using fear and confusion, and spreading lies to win,” Obama added.
Trump has proclaimed himself president of “law and order” and has repeatedly criticized protesters taking racial injustice as violent extremists.
Obama’s video targets a wide range of voters. In addition to talking to “black and brown people,” she urged white Americans to imagine “the millions of people who look like me fought and died and worked as slaves, soldiers and laborers to help build this country. “.
Obama’s remarks took a personal turn.
As a black woman, like most people in the country, having “done everything in my power to live a life of dignity, service and honesty, knowing that any of my fellow Americans have more I’m afraid of the chaos we’re going through right now, well that hurts, ”she said.
“It is a heaviness that weighs on our hearts.”
Obama criticized Trump’s “failure” to tackle the coronavirus, his demeaning of US military personnel as “losers” and his dedication to “get rich” and his wealthy buddies.
Biden, she said, offers contrasting values aimed at helping working-class families, healing divisions and protecting the environment.
“Search your hearts and your conscience, then vote for Joe Biden like your life depends on it,” she said.
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