Former first lady of the United States Michelle Obama reportedly chose not to accompany her husband, Barack Obama, for the inauguration of the new American president on Monday, instead shooting an arrow at his Instagram account.
“The time is always right to do what is right,” shared Michelle Obama, quoting the words of Martin Luther King Jr., only a few hours before Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony, reported “The Independent” .
While all the cameras were glued to the 47th President of the United States, the former first lady instead chose to mark Martin Luther King Day, a public holiday in the United States, which celebrates the birth of Martin Luther King Jr. the third Monday in January.
This is on behalf of his organization “When We All Vote,” a national, nonpartisan initiative that aims to increase participation in the electoral process to reduce the racial and age gap. , that she would have chosen to share these words.
“This #MLKDay, I hope you’ll join me […] to honor the life and legacy of Dr. King by getting involved in your community. Whether you mentor students at your school or volunteer […] “all of this helps to make a difference,” the woman underlined.
In the comments, several Internet users saw an arrow fired straight at the new president, for whom she would have said nothing.
“Thank you for choosing to “aim high” today and not participate in clowning, or pretending that everything is fine. We love you our First Lady forever,” commented one of them.
-“We’re celebrating him today, and not this nonsense in the capital,” said a second.
Others, however, admonished the 61-year-old woman by accusing her of doing what Donald Trump had been accused of during Joe Biden’s victory four years earlier.
“It’s shameful that you won’t be at the inauguration. This is a peaceful transition from one party to the other. It’s a tradition. You act like a sore loser and divide yourself,” one of them pointed out.
A source close to the Obama family reportedly told the weekly “People” magazine that the former first lady refused to join the ceremony because of her feelings toward the new president.
“She’s not the type to put on a fake smile and pretend for the sake of protocol. Michelle doesn’t do anything because it’s expected, protocol or tradition. She would have had to swallow her feelings in the spotlight if she attended this second inauguration,” the source told the American magazine, according to “The Independent”.
In 2023, the former first lady confided her discomfort at attending her first inauguration in January 2017, to “watching the opposite of what we represented on the screen”, “without diversity, without color on this stage”, during his show “The Light Podcast”, noted the British media.
