Michelle Obama.Photo:Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty
Michelle Obamaisn’t planning to run for president anytime soon.
Despite rumors suggesting the former first lady, 60, would be the perfect candidate to run for office, her team says otherwise, insisting she’ll be backingJoe Biden’s campaign ahead of the Nov. 5 election as she did in 2020.
“As former First Lady Michelle Obama has expressed several times over the years, she will not be running for president,” Crystal Carson, director of communications for her office, said in a statement to PEOPLE.
“Mrs. Obama supports President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ re-election campaign,” Carson added.
Michelle and Barack Obama.Scott Olson/Getty
Scott Olson/Getty
Despite supporting Biden and Harris' campaign, insiders said that Obama’s engagement would be limited due to her other commitments and “reluctance to re-enter the political fray full time,“NBC Newsreported.
“President and Michelle Obama were enormously helpful in the fight to beat Donald Trump and elect President Biden and Vice President Harris the first time and we are grateful to have their voice and their support in the fight for the fate of our democracy this November,” Biden campaign spokesperson Kevin Munoz added in a statement, according to the outlet.
In 2018, Mrs. Obama and some other famous friends includingLin-Manuel Miranda,Tom HanksandJanelle Monáelaunched their voter registration nonprofitcalledWhen We All Vote.
Through extensive social media and digital outreach, the national organization aims to increase the number of eligible citizens who register to vote and then show up to the polls on election day.
A senior Biden adviser said there had been early conversations with Obama’s team about the upcoming campaign and how her national nonpartisan organization could play a part in it, NBC News stated.
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President Joe Biden.Samuel Corum/Getty Images
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Obama, who was in the White House with husbandBarack, 62, from 2009-2017, wrote about her anxiety regardingher significant otherrunning for president in her bookThe Light We Carry.
She toldBBC Breakfastwhile promoting the release that it was “absolutely worth taking that leap of faith” and supporting the politician in his run for office.
source: people.com
