Michelle Obama blasts Trump: ‘Unconscionable to focus on overturning an election’ instead of pandemic

Former first lady Michelle Obama blasted President Trump on Monday evening, saying on Twitter that it is “unconscionable to focus on overturning an election” instead of the coronavirus pandemic.

Obama created a thread calling on Georgians to vote in Tuesday’s Senate runoff elections in which Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are taking on former Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) and Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.), respectively.

“Your vote is your voice. It’s your power. And right now, from the President of the United States on down, we’re seeing and hearing just how desperate some are to take that power away. They want us to believe that their pride is more important than our democracy,” Obama wrote.

She went on to allude to Trump’s efforts to have the results of the presidential election overturned.

“And this is just unconscionable at a time when a staggering number of Americans are dying every day from a virus that was downplayed for far too long. It’s unconscionable to focus on overturning an election rather than helping struggling families or distributing a vaccine,” she continued. 

And this is just unconscionable at a time when a staggering number of Americans are dying every day from a virus that was downplayed for far too long. It’s unconscionable to focus on overturning an election rather than helping struggling families or distributing a vaccine.

— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) January 4, 2021

The president has yet to formally concede the election to President-elect Joe Biden and has been vocal in encouraging members of Congress to block the certification of the Electoral College votes on Wednesday. Multiple Senate Republicans have announced that they will object to the results in an effort that is widely expected to fail.

Obama ended her thread Monday evening by requesting that Georgians cast their votes for Warnock and Ossoff on Tuesday.

“So if Georgians elect @ReverendWarnock and @Ossoff, we’ll take another step toward cleaning up the mess of the past four years. And we’ll send a message to any politician who puts themselves and their ambition above our system of self-government,” she wrote. 

“Because in America, everyone’s voice matters. And that’s still the truth, no matter what some folks want you to believe.”