Michelle Obama compares Trump to a 'divorced dad' and notes her husband never had 'indictments'
By Colby Itkowitz Colby Itkowitz Congress, campaigns, health policy, Pennsylvania politics Email Bio Follow April 16 at 1:05 PM Former first lady Michelle Obama delivered a series of stinging rebukes of President Trump without ever mentioning his name, at one point comparing him to a “divorced dad” and the rest of the country to children forced to live with him.
This prompted Colbert to launch into an impersonation of Trump. Obama smiled and shook her head, laughing. “Let’s just stop and think about — for anybody who had problems with Barack Obama — what we were troubled by. There were never any indictments,” she added.Trump supporters have pointed to the indictment last week of former Obama White House counsel Gregory Craig on charges of making false statements to Justice Department officials. Those alleged statements were made after Craig had left the White House.
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