Michelle Obama Reflects on “Go High” Motto and 2024 Politics in New Podcast
Should Democrats Still “Go High” Against Trump and the GOP? Michelle Obama Gives Advise
Michelle Obama, the former First Lady, is using her famous plea again. Obama went on the “All the Smoke” podcast for more than an hour on Thursday with her brother and former basketball coach Craig Robinson. They talked about her 2016 motto of “taking the high road.”
Obama declared during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, where he was advocating for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, “When they go low, we go high.”
Co-host Matt Barnes asked Obama, “Do we still have to go high?” and everyone laughed. Obama added, “The real answer is, you know, ‘No.'”
Stephen Jackson, one of the co-hosts, said, “It was good at the time,” and Barnes said, “Let’s meet them where they are now.”
“Here’s the thing: going high is about being smart and making the proper choices, and that’s really what I’m trying to say. That doesn’t mean you don’t feel it in your heart. That doesn’t mean you don’t get mad,” Obama added.
“That means our response needs to be planned and have a goal other than just being angry,” she said. Obama said she doesn’t want to “waste my mad.”
“Let’s think about what we say and why we say it.” What’s the plan? “Where are we going?” she asked.
Jackson said, “You think I have some crazy time to waste?” “No.” Barnes joked, “Sh–‘s all gone.”
Obama also talked about her time as first lady in the podcast. “I knew I wanted to do things differently as the first Black woman. I had to be myself in the role, and I wondered, ‘How is the country going to react to that?'” Obama stated.
“Before I make changes, I want to show respect to the OGs,” was part of my plan. She went on, “Let me let people know that I know the history and I get the job, and I value what other people brought to it.”
Obama remarked that during her husband’s first year in office, she visited with every living first lady who could make the journey to Washington, D.C.
