Michelle Obama made her first appearance on the campaign trail in support of Kamala Harris on Saturday, as the Democratic vice-president tried to recapture momentum with a direct pitch to women in the final days of the US presidential campaign.
The former First Lady, who has largely shied away from electoral politics since her husband, Barack Obama, left the White House, told thousands of rally-goers in Kalamazoo, Michigan, that the stakes were too high for her to stay on the sidelines.
“Y’all know I hate politics. But I hate to see folks taken advantage of even more,” Obama said. “So I wanted to do everything in my power to remind the country that I love that there is too much we stand to lose if we get this one wrong.”