Reactions To Michelle's Landmark Speech

We observed yesterday that First Lady Michelle Obama, speaking in New Hampshire, delivered an emotional and powerful rebuttal to the Rethuglicans' sociopathic candidate for President's "locker room talk," reminding us that he spoke "freely and openly about sexually predatory behavior." In what could prove to be the defining speech of the 2016 election, the First Lady summed up sexual predator Donald "Rump" Trump's deviancy toward women and utter unfitness for President in personal terms that women (and decent men) can relate to....without explicitly naming Rump. The reactions were overwhelmingly positive. Some examples:

This is Michelle Obama's "yes we can" speech. Right here.

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) October 13, 2016

If I worked for Trump and watched that @FLOTUS speech, I would quietly pack up my things, walk out the door, and never come back.

— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) October 13, 2016

Every time you get depressed knowing this world has a Donald Trump, stop and remember it also has a Michelle Obama. 🙌🔥😍💪

— Tyler Hansen (@tjhansen) October 13, 2016

.@FLOTUS watching you speak on @CNN in New Hampshire in tears. You are a true role model and leader.

— JOANNE (@ladygaga) October 13, 2016

It looks like a lot of Americans agree with Michelle Obama about Trump, per the new Fox poll:https://t.co/M9VQBBIco2 pic.twitter.com/OcnPxG8bmc

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 14, 2016

.@FLOTUS, I'm in awe. Thanks for putting into words what's in so many of our hearts. -H

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 13, 2016

Finally, from The Guardian's Anne Perkins:

"Michelle Obama may have done the seemingly impossible. She may just have rescued the US elections from the grotesque and demeaning mire into which they have descended. She did something even more remarkable, and just as badly needed. With the touch of a poet, her speech last night shamed the tat and the tawdry of populism and held out the possibility of something better. She lent her extraordinary ability to say what people are feeling to every English-speaking woman in the world."

You can see her speech embedded in the post below.