US former first lady, Michelle Obama in her first
speech since stepping down from her position has revealed that she has
no intention to run for a political office for family reasons.
In
her speech culled from CNN during the recent America Institute of
Architecture convention in Orlando, Michelle who admitted that the White
House stay was tough, told the audience that she wouldn’t run for public
office saying: 'I wouldn’t ask my children to do this again.'
'It’s
all well and good until you start running, and then the knives come
out,' she said in her speech. 'I wouldn’t ask my children to do this
again because, when you run for higher office, it’s not just you, it’s
your whole family.'
On what it's been like since leaving the White House, she said:
'It's
good to get out of the house. It's been so far so good, it hasn't been
that long since we left but it's good to not have the weight of the
world upon your shoulders.'
'Friends are
surprised I answer the door now', adding that her daughters Sasha and
Malia can actually open their windows now, something they could never do
at the White House.
At the White House, she
said her daughters once caused a commotion when they tried to open their
bedroom window that faced the public side of the White House because
they liked to listen to the protesters. They found it soothing, Michelle
added.
Describing their final day at the White
House as 'bittersweet,' she said it was the longest place she had lived
in her entire life and her daughters, Malia and Sasha who grew up at
the White House were reduced to tears when President Donald and Melania
Trump moved in.
'I didn't want to have tears in my eyes for the new President,' she said.
She, however, promised to continue helping young girls to get an education around the world.
'One
issue that I am excited about continuing to work on is … to help young
girls get an education around the world,' adding that 'The plight of
women and girls is real. The struggles are real.'
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