This article is from the source 'nytimes' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/us/politics/michelle-obama-donald-trump-women.html
The article has changed 4 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Voice Shaking, Michelle Obama Calls Trump Comments on Women ‘Intolerable’ | |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| MANCHESTER, N.H. — Michelle Obama issued a scathing denunciation of Donald J. Trump on Thursday for his lewd comments about women, exhorting voters in visceral terms to reject his candidacy and back Hillary Clinton as a matter of conscience. | MANCHESTER, N.H. — Michelle Obama issued a scathing denunciation of Donald J. Trump on Thursday for his lewd comments about women, exhorting voters in visceral terms to reject his candidacy and back Hillary Clinton as a matter of conscience. |
| “This is not normal. This is not politics as usual,” Mrs. Obama told several hundred voters in a university gymnasium here. “This is disgraceful, it is intolerable, and it doesn’t matter what party you belong to,” she added. “No woman deserves to be treated this way — none of us deserves this kind of abuse.” | “This is not normal. This is not politics as usual,” Mrs. Obama told several hundred voters in a university gymnasium here. “This is disgraceful, it is intolerable, and it doesn’t matter what party you belong to,” she added. “No woman deserves to be treated this way — none of us deserves this kind of abuse.” |
| Breaking from her standard message in support of Mrs. Clinton, the first lady delivered a 25-minute speech remarkable for its personal tone and its emphasis on gender and sexual assault. Mrs. Obama implored voters to “stand up and say enough is enough,” by electing Mrs. Clinton. | Breaking from her standard message in support of Mrs. Clinton, the first lady delivered a 25-minute speech remarkable for its personal tone and its emphasis on gender and sexual assault. Mrs. Obama implored voters to “stand up and say enough is enough,” by electing Mrs. Clinton. |
| “I can’t believe that I’m saying that a candidate for president of the United States has bragged about sexually assaulting women,” the first lady added, her voice quavering with emotion as she reacted to the emergence last week of a recording in which Mr. Trump was heard coarsely boasting about kissing and groping women without their consent. | “I can’t believe that I’m saying that a candidate for president of the United States has bragged about sexually assaulting women,” the first lady added, her voice quavering with emotion as she reacted to the emergence last week of a recording in which Mr. Trump was heard coarsely boasting about kissing and groping women without their consent. |
| “I can’t stop thinking about this — it has shaken me to my core,” Mrs. Obama said. | “I can’t stop thinking about this — it has shaken me to my core,” Mrs. Obama said. |
| In her sixth campaign rally for Mrs. Clinton in a month, Mrs. Obama did not speak about Mrs. Clinton until halfway through her speech. She said that the former secretary of state “embodies so many of the values that we try hard to teach our young people,” and ticked off her crowded résumé. | In her sixth campaign rally for Mrs. Clinton in a month, Mrs. Obama did not speak about Mrs. Clinton until halfway through her speech. She said that the former secretary of state “embodies so many of the values that we try hard to teach our young people,” and ticked off her crowded résumé. |
| Mrs. Obama argued in vividly personal terms that voters, even if they were repulsed by the tenor of the campaign, must consider the norms of behavior they wanted to instill in their children. | Mrs. Obama argued in vividly personal terms that voters, even if they were repulsed by the tenor of the campaign, must consider the norms of behavior they wanted to instill in their children. |
| “If you vote for someone other than Hillary, or if you don’t vote at all, then you are helping to elect her opponent,” Mrs. Obama said. “We need to recover from our shock and depression and do what women have always done in this country: We need you to roll up your sleeves, we need to get to work.” | “If you vote for someone other than Hillary, or if you don’t vote at all, then you are helping to elect her opponent,” Mrs. Obama said. “We need to recover from our shock and depression and do what women have always done in this country: We need you to roll up your sleeves, we need to get to work.” |