Michelle Obama: Trump’s Birther Lies Were Meant To ‘Stir Up Wingnuts And Kooks’

Ed Mazza
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Former first lady Michelle Obama tears into President Donald Trump in her new book, saying his false “birther” accusations against President Barack Obama threatened the safety of the family.

According to a Washington Post review of the book, Obama writes in Becoming:

“The whole [birther] thing was crazy and mean-spirited, of course, its underlying bigotry and xenophobia hardly concealed. But it was also dangerous, deliberately meant to stir up the wingnuts and kooks. What if someone with an unstable mind loaded a gun and drove to Washington? What if that person went looking for our girls? Donald Trump, with his loud and reckless innuendos, was putting my family’s safety at risk. And for this I’d never forgive him.”

She was referring to a false and racist conspiracy theory perpetuated by Trump and others that President Obama was born overseas.

An advanced copy of the book obtained by The Associated Press also reveals her reaction to learning that Trump had won the election.

She tried to “block it out,” the AP reported.

Becoming will be released Nov. 13

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US First Lady Michelle Obama (L) signs a copy of her book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' during a book signing event at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
US First Lady Michelle Obama (L) signs a copy of her book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' during a book signing event at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
US First Lady Michelle Obama signs a copy of her book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' during a book signing event at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
US First Lady Michelle Obama signs a copy of her book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' during a book signing event at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
US First Lady Michelle Obama signs a copy of her book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' during a book signing event at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
US First Lady Michelle Obama signs a copy of her book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' during a book signing event at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
US First Lady Michelle Obama signs a copy of her book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' during a book signing event at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
US First Lady Michelle Obama signs a copy of her book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' during a book signing event at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
US First Lady Michelle Obama signs a copy of her book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' during a book signing event at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
US First Lady Michelle Obama signs a copy of her book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' during a book signing event at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
People wait in a line with their copies of US First Lady Michelle Obama's book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' to get them autographed at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
People wait in a line with their copies of US First Lady Michelle Obama's book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' to get them autographed at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
US First Lady Michelle Obama signs a copy of her book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' during a book signing event at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
US First Lady Michelle Obama signs a copy of her book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' during a book signing event at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
The jewelery worn by US First Lady Michelle Obama is pictured as she speaks during a book signing event of her book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
The jewelery worn by US First Lady Michelle Obama is pictured as she speaks during a book signing event of her book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
US First Lady Michelle Obama signs a copy of her book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' during a book signing event at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
US First Lady Michelle Obama signs a copy of her book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' during a book signing event at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
US First Lady Michelle Obama signs a copy of her book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' during a book signing event at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
US First Lady Michelle Obama signs a copy of her book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' during a book signing event at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
US First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during a book signing event of her book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
US First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during a book signing event of her book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
US First Lady Michelle Obama signs a copy of her book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' during a book signing event at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
US First Lady Michelle Obama signs a copy of her book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' during a book signing event at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
US First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during a book signing event of her book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
US First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during a book signing event of her book 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2013. Photo credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images

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