Posted on 02/01/2018 9:50:38 AM PST by simpson96
Michelle Obama
has a message for Americans who are frightened by the current political climate: remain hopeful.
"All we have is hope," the former first lady says in a preview clip from Thursday's "Ellen" show. Obama's sit-down with host Ellen DeGeneres marks her first TV interview since leaving the White House last year.
"People are afraid, but then there are people who feel good about the direction of the country, so I mean, that’s what makes this country complicated because it’s made up of so many different people from different backgrounds," Obama tells DeGeneres, when asked what advice she'd give people who find the world to be a "scary place right now."
"The thing I learned in the eight years that I was in the White House is that what we do every day in our lives, the good things that we do every day — and we know we do it: we show empathy, we care for each other, you know, we do have a lot in common," says Obama. "That’s what it means to lead with hope and not fear." "I would just encourage your viewers, the country, to do the things we do every day: to love each other, to take care of each other, to show empathy — and you can’t do that only when people make you feel good or safe," the 54-year-old Obama said, without mentioning President Trump
. "We’ve got to do it all across the board."
"We have to be an open-hearted nation and that’s who we are," she added.
"So, let’s just keep living our lives like that every single day and forget what they’re saying in Washington. That’s not necessarily who we are. We know who we are."
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Well, at least the Obama’s have multi-millions and 5? Homes.
I HOPE that’s enough?
Amen!
I bet the black employment figures just burn nobama's ass. Good!
President Trump is stomping nobama into the ground. And the really cool part about this is that the President isn't saying a thing about it. Proving, once again, that actions speak louder, much louder than words.
Hope .... yes hope
This selfish pig disappears forever...
Ditto husband and kids
She actually made Ellen look more feminine in comparison!
Hope we never have to see her or the thin man every again.
It is probably correct...Their only hope is that they don’t all end up in jail for treason...
But with the tax cuts, we'll see more change.
I do have more hope with this administration than with what we had four years ago.
Really, the whole ‘safe space’ thing is getting silly...
I have yet to see her in anything but high priced designer clothing since they left office....so what’s different?....They have their millions and she is going to live high on the hog now.
Hope and Change as a motto has a flaw in that Hope is not a method.
Many of us are very happy we have change.
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