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Michelle Obama
stated on August 17, 2020 in a Democratic convention speech:

“In one of the states that determined the outcome” of the 2016 presidential race, “the winning margin averaged out to just two votes per precinct, two votes.”

By Louis Jacobson • August 18, 2020
Michelle Obama
stated on July 25, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia:

"I wake up every morning in a house (the White House) that was built by slaves."

By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2016
Michelle Obama
stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview posted on Medium:

"Research even shows that sending more girls to school can boost an entire country’s GDP."

By Jon Greenberg • April 29, 2016
Michelle Obama
stated on October 7, 2014 in a speech:

"The unemployment rate for young people is down from a 10.6 percent high in 2009 to 2.6 percent today."

By Tom Kertscher • October 12, 2014
Michelle Obama
stated on May 29, 2012 in an interview with NPR:

"Only 2 percent of public high schools in the country offer PE classes."

By Louis Jacobson • May 30, 2012
Michelle Obama
stated on December 14, 2011 in a speech welcoming home troops at Fort Bragg.:

Says President Obama "helped more than half a million veterans and military family members go to college through the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill."

By Molly Moorhead • December 19, 2011
Michelle Obama
stated on February 9, 2011 in a speech:

More than one-quarter of America’s young adults are too fat to serve in the U.S. military

By Eric Stirgus • February 11, 2011
Michelle Obama
stated on September 18, 2009 in a speech:

"In some states, it is still legal to deny a woman coverage because she's been the victim of domestic violence."

By Catharine Richert • September 21, 2009
Michelle Obama
stated on August 25, 2008 in her address at the Democratic National Convention.:

As a state senator in Illinois, Obama made sure women got equal pay for equal work.

By Richard Rubin • August 26, 2008
Michelle Obama
stated on August 25, 2008 in Denver:

While in the Illinois Senate, Barack Obama passed "tax cuts for hard-working families."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 25, 2008
Michelle Obama
stated on August 25, 2008 in Denver:

While in the Illinois Senate, Barack Obama passed legislation moving people "from welfare to jobs."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 25, 2008