Biden, Michelle Obama, to stump for Clinton at 3 Pa
- by Dan Gutierrez
- in Markets
- — Sep 29, 2016
The First Lady called out Trump's statement during a rally for Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia on Wednesday, saying it was insincere, among the "hurtful [and] deceitful" questions raised during their time in the White House that she feels were deliberately created to undermine the presidency of her husband.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Michelle Obama told a diverse and enthusiastic crowd in Philadelphia on Wednesday that candidates don't change once they become president and that America "needs an adult in the White House". "We need an adult in the White House". Obama was campaigning in Philadelphia - at La Salle University, to be exact - when she absolutely let loose on Republican nominee Donald Trump and his long-running birther insinuations about her husband. And they said hurtful, deceitful questions deliberately created to undermine his presidency. Trump said that makes him "smart".
She continued: "Experience matters". Temperament matters. Hillary Clinton has it all.
This one, she said, features two "very different candidates" who will have an impact on the future of the country. "She's the real deal".
The first presidential debate
The first lady also urged the audience not to assume that their votes don't matter. That is an unvarnished stripping of the bark off Trump in a way her husband - by dint of the fact he is still the sitting president of the United States - simply can not do.
The first lady made her first solo campaign appearance for Clinton earlier this month, and on Tuesday, she appeared in a television ad on behalf of the Clinton campaign.
Trump's campaign reacted to Obama's speech with a statement saying Clinton is in "panic mode" in Pennsylvania because polls show the Republican presidential nominee surging in the battleground state.
Debate appears likely to topple 36-year ratings record
Asked if she is concerned that Trump might not show up for the next debates , Clinton said she would anyway appear there. Monday's debate was the first of three between the presidential candidates before the November 8 election.
