The former First Lady called out the double standard between how the pro-Trump"rioters and gang members" were treated versus Black Lives Matter protesters.Former First Lady Michelle Obama has shared her feelings on the coup at the Capitol. In a powerful new statement released on Instagram, she noted that hours after learning the hopeful news that Georgia elected its first Black senator, Rev.
"Like all of you, I watched as a gang—organized, violent, and mad they'd lost an election—laid siege to the United States Capitol," she wrote."They set up gallows. They proudly waved the traitorous flag of the Confederacy through the halls. They desecrated the center of the American government." She held President Trump accountable for inciting their actions, as over the past two months, the incumbent has encouraged his supporters to challenge the results of the presidential election, which he lost."The day was a fulfillment of wishes on an infantile and unpatriotic president who can't handle the truth of his own failures," Obama added.
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