Michelle Obama's DNC Speech Hits Trump When He's Down With Female Voters

Former first lady Michelle Obama's speech branding President Donald Trump "in over his head" comes as he already faces a battle to win over female voters ahead of November.

© DNCC via Getty Images In this screenshot from the DNCC’s livestream of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, Former First Lady Michelle Obama addresses the virtual convention on August 17, 2020. She criticized President Donald Trump in her address.

Obama, delivering the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention on Monday, labeled Trump "the wrong president for our country."

"He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head. He cannot meet this moment. He simply cannot be who we need him to be for us. It is what it is," she said.

As well as these comments on Trump, she urged Democrats to get behind Joe Biden, adding: "If we have any hope of ending this chaos, we have got to vote for Joe Biden like our lives depend on it."

Obama's comments mark a high-profile intervention, with her deemed the most admired woman in the U.S. based on Gallup research in both 2019 and 2018. YouGov polling for 2019 also ranked her the world's most admired woman.