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STORY: ::October 26, 2024

::Michelle Obama hits out at Donald Trump,

saying a vote for him is a vote against women

::Kalamazoo, Michigan

::Michelle Obama, Former U.S. First Lady

"I hope you'll forgive me if I'm a little frustrated that some of us are choosing to ignore Donald Trump's gross incompetence while asking Kamala to dazzle us at every turn. I hope that you'll forgive me if I'm a little angry that we are indifferent to his erratic behavior, his obvious mental decline, his history as a convicted felon, a known, a known slumlord, a predator found liable for sexual abuse. All of this while we pick apart countless answers from interviews that he doesn't even have the courage to do."

"Please, please do not hand our fates over to the likes of Trump who knows nothing about us, who has shown deep contempt for us because a vote for him is a vote against us, against our health, against our worth."

Speaking at a rally in the southern Michigan city of Kalamazoo, Obama also drew distinctions between the two candidates on personal character and qualifications, saying there was a double standard in how Trump and Harris were being treated.

"I hope you'll forgive me that I'm a little frustrated that some of us are choosing to ignore Trump's gross incompetence while asking Kamala to dazzle us at every turn," the former first lady said, urging any undecided voters to "snap out of whatever fog" they're in.

Obama addressed women's health at length, saying Trump has failed to demonstrate understanding of its complexity and that his vows to rescind the Affordable Care Act passed during her husband's presidency would affect the "entirety of women's health, all of it."

Republican Donald Trump was also in the state, trying to appeal to Muslim voters some about 130 miles (210 km) away. Election Day is Nov. 5 but early voting was under way in Michigan, as it is many states.