{"id":179571,"date":"2019-07-27T17:24:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-27T22:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/michelle-obama-shades-trump-after-baltimore-rant"},"modified":"2019-07-27T17:24:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T22:24:19","slug":"michelle-obama-shades-trump-after-baltimore-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/michelle-obama-shades-trump-after-baltimore-rant","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Obama Shades Trump After Baltimore Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-105365\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">    \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n    \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"28.2512350035\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"65.5096153846\">\n<section id=\"cb-19f71d6b42c48a77730e0e2d5c988c85\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"American people of German descent\" alt=\"American people of German descent\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Michelle-Obama-Shades-Trump-After-Baltimore-Rant.jpg\"\/><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">TMZ\/Getty<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-163fe5d3592a3e8a7ab9f29b31dbae4a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"26.5628415301\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/michelle-obama\/\"><strong>Michelle Obama<\/strong><\/a> appears to be firing back at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\"><strong>President Trump<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 not by insulting him for his horrid rant about the city of Baltimore \u2026 but by merely showcasing its talented citizens.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a9d602c325388238d17eb598dd3fe619\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"45\">\n<p>The former First Lady posted a video Saturday, which seems to be in response to Trump bashing <strong>Rep. Elijah Cummings<\/strong> and his constituents in Charm City, saying pretty nasty stuff \u2026 calling Baltimore a \u201cdisgusting, rat and rodent infested mess\u201d and a \u201cdangerous &amp; filthy place\u201d \u2014 all while suggesting Rep. Cummings tend to his own district instead of criticizing the situation at the southern border (people locked in cages, child separations, etc.).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-8bb6852c7ed3fcf9e4b3463c3af547ed\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink \">\n<div id=\"cb-8bb6852c7ed3fcf9e4b3463c3af547ed-1376381573-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\" readability=\"37.6167146974\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"22.9971181556\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2026.As proven last week during a Congressional tour, the Border is clean, efficient &amp; well run, just very crowded. Cumming District is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess. If he spent more time in Baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous &amp; filthy place<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1155073965880172544?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\">July 27, 2019<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a>\n   <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0f39406b49999b43be3bf3946640ffcd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"33\">\n<p>Michelle didn\u2019t directly call out Trump for what many are calling racist smears against the city, but she did highlight some beauty from the community through the vehicle of sport and dance.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-483c57a7730d14742f88145eb4a5b825\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"37\">\n<p>The clip shows off Baltimore\u2019s very own Lethal Ladies \u2014 a local STEP team who Michelle says she saw perform in 2017. She wrote of them, \u201cI\u2019m so proud of you all \u2014 and everyone who\u2019s dancing today!\u201d Apparently, Saturday is #NationalDanceDay.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-fc4199cc7009f468c9b8aa8a25f9c2b3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink \">\n<div id=\"cb-fc4199cc7009f468c9b8aa8a25f9c2b3-1714210624-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\" readability=\"28.8157894737\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"15.6315789474\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NationalDanceDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw\">#NationalDanceDay<\/a>, I\u2019m shouting out the Lethal Ladies, a Baltimore STEP team who I saw perform back in 2017. I\u2019m so proud of you all\u2014and everyone who\u2019s dancing today! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U15Be9wSMs\">pic.twitter.com\/U15Be9wSMs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichelleObama\/status\/1155164280544739328?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\">July 27, 2019<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichelleObama\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@MichelleObama<\/a>\n   <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ff3bcd2478b7a9831f3a9c58115154ef\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"41\">\n<p>What\u2019s interesting about the video too is that the girls use Michelle\u2019s signature slogan, \u201cWhen they go low, we go high!\u201d in their dance routine. One of the girls even makes reference to bullying, saying, \u201cwe don\u2019t stoop to their level.\u201d It couldn\u2019t be a more clear shot at DT.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-bc880c6584d414d669d27b8c45805aff\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"30.4651162791\">\n<p>As if that wasn\u2019t enough of a denunciation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/barack-obama\/\"><strong>Barack<\/strong><\/a> also appeared to respond to Trump\u2019s vicious tweets with an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\/status\/1155176452112994306\"><strong>op-ed in WaPo<\/strong><\/a>, in which he condemns Trump\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/07\/18\/rep-ilhan-omar-stands-strong-donald-trump-racist-attack\/\"><strong>go back<\/strong><\/a>\u201d attacks.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-1fda29fa23e5496e7398c4ca64fa584a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-block-is-last \" readability=\"31\">\n<p>Battle lines are being drawn, it seems.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/07\/27\/michelle-obama-shades-trump-baltimore-rant\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/michelle-obama-shades-trump-after-baltimore-rant\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TMZ\/Getty Michelle Obama appears to be firing back at President Trump \u2014 not by insulting him for his horrid rant about the city of Baltimore [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179571\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}