{"id":16486,"date":"2024-03-06T00:46:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T00:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/michelle-obamas-office-shuts-down-speculation-that-she-is-planning-to-run-for-president\/"},"modified":"2024-03-06T00:46:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T00:46:15","slug":"michelle-obamas-office-shuts-down-speculation-that-she-is-planning-to-run-for-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/michelle-obamas-office-shuts-down-speculation-that-she-is-planning-to-run-for-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Obama\u2019s office shuts down speculation that she is planning to run for president"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"paywall has-gated-overlay gated-article-body\">\n<p class=\"speakable\">Michelle Obama will not launch a bid for the White House amid rumors that the former first lady was eyeing a presidential run, according to her office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">\u2018As former First Lady Michelle Obama has expressed several times over the years, she will not be running for president,\u2019 Crystal Carson, the director of communications for Obama\u2019s office, said in a statement provided to ITK on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Obama supports President Biden and Vice President Harris, her office said. Fox News Digital has reached out to Obama\u2019s communication team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rumors of Obama\u2019s candidacy came as questions about Biden\u2019s mental capacity continue to swirl. The rumors began to circulate after some Republicans floated the idea that she could replace Biden on the November ballot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some political commentators said the former first lady has the best chance of beating former President Trump, who is the leading candidate to secure the GOP presidential nomination.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden is struggling with low poll numbers amid concerns from Republicans and some Democrats about his age and ability to lead the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Obama said there was \u2018zero chance\u2019 she would run for president.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Just between us, and the readers of this magazine \u2014 there\u2019s zero chance,\u2019 Obama told Amtrak\u2019s magazine The National.\u00a0\u2018There are so many ways to improve this country and build a better world, and I keep doing plenty of them, from working with young people to helping families lead healthier lives. But sitting behind the desk in the Oval Office will never be one of them. It\u2019s just not for\u00a0me.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>This post appeared first on FOX NEWS<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michelle Obama will not launch a bid for the White House amid rumors that the former first lady was eyeing a presidential run, according to her office. \u2018As former First Lady Michelle Obama has expressed several times over the years, she will not be running for president,\u2019 Crystal Carson, the director of communications for Obama\u2019s <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16487,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}