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Michelle Obama, in first appearance on the Harris campaign trail, says the race is 'too close for my liking'

Former First Lady Michelle Obama made her first official appearance on the campaign trail with Vice President Kamala Harris after being absent from the spotlight for much of the 2024 election cycle.Paul Sancya/APMichelle Obama hasn't made campaign appearances since her speech at the DNC 2 months ago.Her first campaign visit for Kamala Harris came Saturday in Michigan, where polls show a tight race.In her speech, Obama said the race is "too close for my liking."Michelle Obama made her first official appearance on the campaign trail with Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday, speaking in Michigan, where polls show a tight race between the VP and former President Donald Trump.Obama, who prefers to avoid partisan politics and has been noticeably absent from the spotlight throughout the 2024 election cycle, last made an official appearance at the Democratic National Convention in August.This year, a large part of her efforts focused on increasing voter turnout in battleground states through her nonprofit organization When We All Vote, which she started in 2018.In her Saturday speech in Kalamazoo, Obama said she hasn't "done this in such a long time" and chose to come to Michigan because this year's election is a tight race.Multiple polls, including national polling by The New York Times and Siena College, show a deadlocked race between Harris and Trump.

 

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