Trump fires back at ‘divisive’ Michelle Obama over Biden endorsement and husband’s admin after her blistering DNC attack
PRESIDENT Donald Trump took several shots at former First Lady Michelle Obama after she said he was "in over his head" during a speech at the Democratic National Convention on Monday.
In a series of tweets Tuesday, Trump slammed Obama's "late endorsement" of , and said her husband's administration was "the most corrupt in history."
"He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head. He cannot meet this moment. He simply cannot be who we need him to be for us.";
She said that Trump has proven he's not qualified to lead the country.
"You simply cannot fake your way through this job," she said.
What some initially perceived as a snub, turned out to simply be due to the fact that Obama had taped her 20-minute speech before Biden announced Harris as his running mate last week, according to .
Obama's speech closed out a night of impassioned pleas to the American public to get behind the Biden-Harris ticket.
Vermont Sen Bernie Sanders spoke before the former first lady, and urged the more progressive members of the Democratic Party to vote for Biden, warning that "authoritarianism has taken root in our country" under the Trump administration.
"Only a strong body can fight off the virus, and America’s divisions weakened it," Cuomo said.
"Donald Trump didn’t create the initial division. The division created Trump; he only made it worse.";
In a later tweet on Tuesday, Trump also blamed the divided US on the Obama administration.
"People forget how divided our Country was under ObamaBiden. The anger and hatred were unbelievable," he wrote.
"They shouldn't be lecturing to us. I'm here, as your President, because of them!"
Cuomo's Monday DNC speech was followed by a young woman named 's response to the coronavirus pandemic for her father's death.
"My dad was a healthy 65-year-old. His only pre-existing condition was trusting Donald Trump and for that he paid with his life," she said.