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]]>Former first lady Michelle Obama raised eyebrows Monday night when her remarks to conclude the first night of the Democratic National Convention made no mention of Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., the first Black woman to appear on a major party ticket.
However, a Biden campaign official told Fox News late Monday that Obama’s speech was recorded before the former vice president announced on Aug. 11 he had chosen Harris as his running mate.
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Former Democratic National Committee interim chairwoman Donna Brazile, a Fox News contributor, said she was “disappointed” that there was no mention of Harris in the former first lady’s remarks.
“She kept talking about Joe Biden, and she knows Joe Biden very well, but she also knows Kamala Harris, [who was] one of the first to endorse Barack Obama when he ran [for president in 2008], so I was disappointed,” said Brazile, who later added, “”I just heard that perhaps she taped the speech before the announcement, but I am disappointed that we did not hear about Kamala Harris.
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“The first Black first lady of the United States did not mention the first Black female ever to be on a major party ticket,” she emphasized. “So I am a little disappointed that I did not hear that.
Last week, however, Michelle Obama cheered Harris’ selection as Biden’s running mate in a series of lengthy posts on her personal Instagram page.
“You get used to it, even as a little girl — opening the newspaper, turning on the TV, and hardly ever seeing anyone who looks like you,” Obama wrote. “You train yourself to not get your hopes up. And sometimes it’s a battle just to keep telling yourself that you might deserve more. Because no matter how much you prepare, no matter what grades you get or even how high you rise at work, it always feels like someone is waiting to tell you that you’re not qualified. That you’re not smart enough. That you’re too loud or too bossy. That there’s just something about you…you’re just not quite the right fit.
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“Change can be slow and frustrating, but signs of progress are all around us. This week Senator @KamalaHarris, the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, became the first Black woman and first Asian-American woman on a major party’s presidential ticket. I’ve been thinking about all those girls growing up today who will be able to take it for granted that someone who looks like them can grow up to lead a nation like ours. Because @KamalaHarris may be the first, but she won’t be the last.
“I am here for it all,” Obama added. “Let us embrace and celebrate this moment. Go get ‘em girl. 
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]]>Sen. Marsha Blackburn accused the Obama-era Department of Justice and the FBI of carrying out what was tantamount to a “taxpayer-funded conspiracy” against former Trump national security adviser Gen. Michael Flynn.
Appearing Tuesday on “Fox News @ Night” with host Shannon Bream, Blackburn, R-Tenn., said that she was a little surprised to hear that U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan had issued an order indicating he would soon accept “friend of the court” submissions in the case after the Justice Department motioned to drop the charge.
Sullivan had previously refused to hear amicus briefs in the case.
“We all know a few things about this. We know somebody cooked up this plot, somebody gave an order, somebody did the dirty work. Michael Flynn paid a price. The Trump administration paid a price,” Blackburn remarked.
“And, the American taxpayer has footed the bill and they are saying, ‘OK, tell me about this. Who did this? Where is fairness in this? And, how did we ever get here?'” she continued. “We know that this made its way to the Oval Office. There was a meeting in the Oval Office. Obama and Biden were there. And, people want to know: who knew what when? Who did what?”
“And, I found the judge’s comments and his action to be very unfortunate,” she stated.
Blackburn told Bream that it was time to uncover answers surrounding those involved in the Flynn investigation and whether or not former vice president Joe Biden was involved in any of the decision-making processes.
“People do want to know what happened and who decided to do this unmasking and who all was unmasked,” she pointed out. “Who all were they going in and revealing information? Who was the briefer? Not only who was the unmasker, but who was the briefer to the president since he seemed to know so much about this?”
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“I look forward to being able to bring some daylight to this so that the American people will know what happened when you had basically a taxpayer-funded conspiracy that got carried out by the Obama DOJ and FBI,” Blackburn concluded. “And, the taxpayers’ money was used to fund all of that.”
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Critics aren’t thrilled with Netflix’s recently released documentary about Michelle Obama, titled “Becoming.”
The documentary, which dropped on May 6, was a surprise announcement in late April from the streaming platform in conjunction with the Obama’s Higher Ground Productions. Directed by Nadia Hallgren, it follows the former first lady on her 2018 book tour in which she traveled across the country speaking at various events.
The film features not only events that Obama spoke at, but also smaller, more intimate conversations with everyday people. While many hoped the documentary would either give a rare, unfiltered look into the personal lives of the former first family or even position Michelle Obama in a favorable position to enter the political realm herself, that doesn’t appear to be the case.
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Now that reviews of “Becoming” are in, critics found it to be, by and large, a watered-down, polished and glossy look at the former first lady that took no political stance and had no meaningful message.
“It won’t surprise anyone that it plays like an extended promotional video, a cross between close-contact hero worship and inspirational infomercial,” Variety wrote in its review. “There are no big revelations here, no gotcha moments or intimate scenes in which Hallgren’s subject lets down her guard, but the target audience hardly expects anything tougher. Far more than the memoir, the film presents a manicured version of the way Michelle Obama sees herself — and yet, even such a carefully image-managed impression can be telling, since it diverges so significantly from the way the world perceives her.”
Other outlets criticized the movie for focusing on a major political figure that somehow manages to dodge taking a stance on any real political agenda or message.
“‘Becoming’ doesn’t pull back the White House curtain that much, and, unlike ‘Becoming’ the book there’s almost no mention of her husband’s successor — except in warning of the nation we are and need to own up to,” Deadline writes of the documentary’s political appeal. “Nor, for that matter, is the candidate many thought would be Barack Obama’s successor brought up, or other political luminaries – it is as if the film and its subject are extending the protective force field that surrounds any First Family to silence the sidekicks, so to speak. There is the obligatory visit to the childhood home, the long talking-head stare by the star that contemporary documentaries love to show intimacy, and some glory shots of the accession and the two terms in office.”
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Some critics even found “Becoming” to be a further attempt from the Obama family to pivot to a position of cultural relevance rather than political relevance.
Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ documentary was panned by critics.
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The New York Times wrote: “The film is being billed as a ‘rare and up-close look’ at the former first lady’s life. But, whereas the memoir — through its deeply personal stories about Obama’s existential struggles in young adulthood and the pains of a miscarriage later on — offered a partial illumination of a woman who critics and admirers alike have tried to understand for years, the documentary feels more routine. It hits all the notes of a megastar choosing to share her life with the public: selective biographical moments and star-studded guest appearances, plus a healthy dose of motivational messaging about the virtues of education and the holistic ownership of personal narratives.”
Meanwhile, other outlets have made the point that the documentary is simply an effort for the former first family to show that their post-White House personas are non-controversial.
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“The film feels very much like an artifact of the Obamas’ attempted retreat from the global stage in favor of private lives producing socially relevant nonfiction films,” notes Vulture. “‘Becoming’ is an act of legacy burnishing, no doubt, but it doesn’t feel like it’s laying the groundwork for a future campaign from its subject, no matter how adored it makes her look. Instead, it’s more of an insistent feature-length case for the family having done, and given, enough.”
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