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Michelle Obama says Americans are ‘not ready’ for a woman president: ‘We’ve got a lot of growing up to do’
OAN Staff
Blake Wolf
11:12 AM Sunday, November 16, 2025
**Michelle Obama Says Americans ‘Not Ready’ for a Woman President**
Former First Lady Michelle Obama recently stated that Americans are “not ready” for a woman president, adding, “we’ve got a lot of growing up to do.”
Reflecting on Kamala Harris’s unsuccessful presidential campaign, Obama pointed to gender—rather than policy—as the key factor behind the loss.
“As we saw in this past election, sadly, we ain’t ready,” Obama said during a conversation with actress Tracee Ellis Ross at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. “That’s why I’m like, don’t even look at me about running, because you all are lying. You’re not ready for a woman. You are not.”
She continued, “You know, we’ve got a lot of growing up to do, and there’s still, safely, a lot of men who do not feel like they can be led by a woman, and we saw it.”
Obama made these remarks while promoting her new book titled *The Look*, which details her approach to fashion during her time as First Lady.
At one point in the conversation, Obama discussed the struggles Black Americans face in straightening their hair to “follow” White beauty standards. She asked, “Why do we need an act of law to tell White folk to get outta our hair?”
“Let me explain something to White people,” she began. “Our hair comes out of our head naturally in a curly pattern, so when we’re straightening it to follow your beauty standards, we are trapped by the straightness.”
“That’s why so many of us can’t swim, and we run away from the water. People won’t go to the gym because we’re trying to keep our hair straight for y’all,” she added.
Obama’s comments sparked backlash on social media. Prominent conservative commentator Matt Walsh responded:
“White people lined up by the millions to put this ungrateful wench and her despicable husband in the White House for two terms, and yet she hates White people even more now than she did before. Important lesson here.”
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