Michelle Obama: 'When they go low, we go high'

At the Democratic National Convention, Michelle Obama talked about raising her daughters in the spotlight and the importance of rising above negative influences.

[@bonelesschicken5163]

Melania Trump next speech "My two independent black daughters were changed, I watched their faces press against the window of that SUV, with all of those big guns around them. "

[@1158supersiri]

*Supporting a criminal and her rapist husband is going high* ?

[@RahulPatel-og2ke]

1158supersiri they didn’t support trump

[@donovanchan3749]

1158supersiri that’s Hillary Clinton. big difference

[@6530517]

@@1158supersiri low life

[@b5audidoggie130]

I have a stressful and demanding job and found myself repeating this. Saw this live with my mom and won't ever forget ❤🇺🇸

[@TheTrinidad23]

why isn't she running for president? I'd vote for her

[@VenusDoomInOurBlood]

Samuel Clark thats the stupidest comment ive seen all week and thats saying alotttt

[@86bbrown]

Samuel Clark I'm just saying do you understand the hypocrisy of what you just said? she has more experience than the President elect had.

[@e2sguy]

Ghost Phantom Michael can't run , he's already been the pres for 8 years

[@crisjohnson2263]

cause she's dumb, but and that dumb and knows she can't win. On the other hand, while everyone was mocking Trump 3 years ago laughing and going "run...i dare you..haha", well...we know the rest.

[@MrGamelover23]

Because she's done with politics.

[@Goldpenny1]

@1:36 "Our motto is: when they go low, we go high!"

[@shawnhobbs4492]

"when they go low we go high" is my favorite thing to say now when I'm losing in phase 10

[@brunacosta8965]

what's phase 10?

[@kmatson07]

Two Sets of Four....I go Low!

[@Jim90713]

No one was ever lower than big Mike.

[@PeaceFan1]

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT !!! For INTELLIGENT Ears Only ... Michelle Obama is a CLASS ACT... " WHEN THEY GO LOW, WE GO HIGH!!!! AMEN !! xoxo

[@crisjohnson2263]

lol. idiot.

[@ramonornelas8069]

Cris Johnson lol. you’re an idiot.

[@RahulPatel-og2ke]

How Fox News bashed this woman each day is heartbreaking

[@jeremyfufushnick2965]

Rahul Patel how The hypocrisy when the media goes after the current president it’s alright. Lmao

[@RahulPatel-og2ke]

Jeremy Fufushnick never said that. Keep assuming though :)

[@horseygurl143]

Great speech, Madam First Lady! Protect yourself. Copyright it now!!!

[@emmettegamble3184]

Lol. faf!

[@austinmorris8791]

Who?

[@horseygurl143]

DeathDOer01 Get your mind out of the gutter, ma'am.

[@novawolverine]

+DeathDOer01 What'd she do to you?

[@DeathDOer01]

novawolverine he..."what did HE do."....the same thing his boyfriend Barack did to/for all of us...ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!...Fuck those butt buddies.

[@kimhalvorson6749]

I miss that family so much. I will always remember this quote...it helps that they are such awesome parents. My sons know this quote.

[@ldioticnuzhen99]

Kim the drone lover

[@ThermonuclearThighs]

And on this day once again, we must remember to go high.

[@PrajithKanagala]

yes!

[@MarkSiefert]

No. We must go as low as they will to save social justice and democracy. All politics is war. Not a quilting bee.

[@user-pn4kw9xx5h]

@@MarkSiefertman, 3 years ago you said it and now people are starting to realize it

[@RamZThaMarine]

Melania will be giving the exact same speech next week.

[@hdaaap]

no, in 4 years.

[@RamZThaMarine]

+michael andrews Trump is going to lose, but Melania will continue make believing that she's a black woman from Chicago.

[@Tan87ful]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@jeremyfufushnick2965]

Ras Al Ghul i guess you guys were wrong

[@RamZThaMarine]

@@jeremyfufushnick2965 Wrong about a lot of things. Trump actually did better than I expected. Plus, he opened a lot of ppls eyes to the curruption that has affected Washington... Still, Melania did use Michelle's speech 😂

[@Top20QuotesDemian]

You are AMAZING Michelle ✅✅ Intelligent, beautiful, just very inspiring ✅✅

[@elainedavis9053]

Brains and Beauty - so proud of all our FLOTUS does!

[@sweatt4237]

its a man

[@Em-kd7ts]

Zd

[@markbest5127]

You're proud of her racism and hatred of this country. That makes you an idiot.

[@akitagilmore8306]

Michelle is so true , so profound, and definitely so beautiful & classy!

[@Jim90713]

She's a narcissist in the extreme. So is her husband.

[@backcombed2559]

They go low you go high ,I will carry that through my life thank you,please run for president one day ,saviour of decency

[@Joblark4]

You are so deceived. You don't know trash when you see it and hear it.

[@backcombed2559]

no i do im listening to trash from you ,when they go low ,we go high ,

[@backcombed2559]

@@Joblark4 What she says is true if you have ever been racially abused called a N OR A SAND N,and im contemplating loosing my head and cool when being abused ,i will rise above it and walk tall she is right ,thats the inspiration of her words she Michelle Obama knows

[@Joblark4]

@@backcombed2559 please being called name is not right. People use racial slurs because it's more personal and in in your face. Calling someone a fat cow is just as bad because it is very personal and on your face. Also she looks for racism. She sees what she wants to see. Any thing can be seen adds racism of you are looking for it. You want to see racism in action pay attention to people like Michelle Obama. She isn't just racist she is an out and out bigot.

[@holiday-mm1xs]

Joe goes down on girls to smell their hair

[@777Eliyahu]

Probably the most educated and intelligent FLOTUS in history

[@ruben27lozano]

Now it's more like "When they go low, We go high enough for them to kick us in the groin so bad!" SMH

[@zoltanszaszi2264]

Right now there's an election coming here in my country, Hungary. And a lot is riding on this one. And this motto has become my motto recently.

[@margaretpatterson5823]

Powerful speech!

[@maryemcee4638]

She's beautiful

[@onyxtopaz7998]

MICHELLE!

[@cathyschneider2126]

Great speech! If you agree, please do not feed the trolls working the comment section.

[@goto7320]

"Whey They Go Low, We Go High" Great. Now you have to wait an hour before you drive home!

[@hdoghillyer8932]

Coming from someone who is in the middle, I think it's a good quote Michelle Obama said. I can used this in life sometimes.

[@flopadinho3655]

This is my life motto, thank u, Michelle 4ever 💙

[@Bionicleforever]

bernie bernie!

[@davedhouseknecht5027]

Still as powerful 4 years later

[@PrajithKanagala]

true!

[@zechang9620]

what does "go high" and "go low" mean?

[@brienmaybe.4415]

"Do nothing while we get rolled over"

[@astronaut9276]

She has Exceptional Leadership qualities........👍👍👍👍👍👍she is my inspiration

[@soniyasinha3496]

it is time to go really high First Lady!

[@victorallencook7107]

Life ain't easy, but I'll persevere .

[@malosjamschell9411]

I love her ❤️❤️❤️ “when they go low we go high”✊🏾😌

[@1158supersiri]

Supporting a criminal and her rapist husband is "go high"?? Are you insane how can you say that as a woman??

[@blackjack_35]

@@1158supersirisince when was obama a rapist

[@comicnerd420]

​@@1158supersiritypical conservatives attacking cis women. 😂 You never supported women.

[@mrdennisvidot-np2iv]

You got this 😭😭😭

[@residentgomez]

NOT ANY MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[@lauriblackmon9297]

Wow! To God be the Glory! Hallelujah Amen ❤

[@EuropeanQoheleth]

Good advice for dealing with the alt right. (Which I usually fail to follow; mea culpa).

[@superexclusive452]

Most influential first lady of all time. Melania Trump fails in comparison immensely

[@superexclusive452]

+InTouchWithChris Yeah. when it comes to role models, she's at the top of the list. all u hear about Michelle is great praise and high remarks.

[@horseygurl143]

Pokémon must be YOUR role model.

[@austinmorris8791]

Who?

[@DeathDOer01]

If by "first lady" you mean DUDE...then ok...

[@horseygurl143]

DeathDOer01 Yes, ma'am, you're right!

[@janisejones6426]

I get it but it also depends on the situation

[@edythemoore43]

I'll aways love and respect and miss the Obamas. I'll alway remember what Michelle Obama coment that stayed in my mine," When they go low. we go high." God bless the OBAMA'S.

[@sidhartheleswarapu]

"When they go low, we get high"

[@evielovesrocknroll]

Don't you mean: "When they go low, ya'll go LOWER?" Lol!

[@Ma5asak45]

you should be ashamed of yourself, what a fucking lame ass joke

[@LR24134]

❤️❤️❤️👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@ret4kind]

Hi Sophia Rosing.

[@mrdennisvidot-np2iv]

I love you Mrs Obama🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@WilliamWaiteProductions]

Fucking onions.... It's not the speech. It's just.. Someones chopping onions.

[@jefft6771]

She hinted her book “become”

[@kawtharbakhach5848]

I came here from a NYT article called "The Wrong Way to Take On Trump" Commenters were referring to this quote with us anti-Trump people in mind. When Trump and his supporters go low, we should go high.

[@1158supersiri]

Supporting a criminal and her rapist husband is going high??

[@levybergmann9262]

WHEN THEY GO LOW;WE GO HIGH!!!

[@TheJulquita]

Yep...as a democrat....that political correctness is how you lose an election.

[@miragexl007]

yep....her, the media, and Democrats in general have gone "high" the last couple years....absolutely funny sht!!

[@Milesco]

Cut off the audience's cheers and applause a little too early. :-(

[@isabel1969]

L O V E this spirit! This is the REAL America!!!

[@backcombed2559]

i hope your right my pal i really HOPE

[@edgepixel8467]

Why would you downvote this?

[@calmdown9094]

thats a terrible message to send. unfortunately in the real world, sometimes shit gets gritty; if you're constantly being "the bigger man" you're gonna lose out too often. sometimes it's not okay. that sounds like a fancy way of saying "avoid conflict at all costs". sometimes conflict is necessary, especially in crunch time.

[@CandynDaddy4ever]

#michelle2020 ❤

[@techvolve8915]

When they go low we kick em

[@miragexl007]

yep....her, the media, and Democrats in general have gone "high" the last couple years....absolutely funny sht!!

[@cloudyinc.7788]

When they go low, we go six feet lower!

[@jewelgrier4593]

They go low we go.high

[@allegiant347]

Here come all the "mooshelle" comments

[@evdawgbeat]

With Trump we have nowhere to go but up

[@freebrady5823]

Fuck that when they go low we take it to the floor

[@moisesguaman8756]

Be a better version of yourself. Don't pretend when they go low we go high is going to make you successful. Do not act to be the most perfect human being. Be humble with GOD!

[@xoticbrandi44]

Amen

[@ShowpenznesCinema-cm2vv]

I agree .

[@daveeast4272]

Man I would never consider myself a supporter of Barack Obama, but Michelle is incredible. One of the best First Ladies since Nancy Reagan and Eleanor Roosevelt

[@nikhilananth4383]

Yes ma’am

[@jskim8418]

When they go low, I’m always high

[@nameless6774]

I wish they were allowed to do what they wanted to do... beyond diplomatic relationships. Unite the US more and not divide it even further.

[@Victor-dx2ew]

Who went low?

[@jasonhufton5128]

BIG HANDS

[@TechieWidget]

When they go low, we go HIGH NOON on them.

[@chim6090]

#Michelle2020

[@samyaowens4055]

Can it happen

[@jungkim6183]

My hero

[@rosie6]

Iconic❤

[@michellejackson8012]

Yessssssss!!!!!

[@tonyknepper7675]

A more distinct way of saying 'Turn Obstacles into Opportunities' or 'Change Poison into Medicine.'

[@brienmaybe.4415]

I like turn water into wine better.

[@victorallencook7107]

Amen Michelle 777

[@anderch11]

We do not go low, but that doesn't stop you from going lower! We know who you are MICHAEL!!!

[@HazardTheMLG]

Watch my latest video more news from cnn that is exclusive

[@banstaman]

'When they go low, we go high." Yes we did... With 306 electoral votes, honey!

[@Monica409TX]

When will He ever admit that those daughters weren’t conceived thru in vitro fertilization! That their actual parents were the heads of his foundation!!

[@TheresaMueller]

Why isn't she President of the U.S.?

[@austinmorris8791]

Who?

[@crookedsystem1137]

Amen

[@pingew]

working out great! thanks Obama!

[@JohnDoe-bh2lp]

You're the low she's speaking of

[@pingew]

@@JohnDoe-bh2lp i think allowing trump to nominate 3 justices was bad, actually

[@bobbyjuju7442]

Nah, if they go low, I take it all the way to hell.

[@same8078]

Michelle Obama: You forgot a word in your title, Michelle: You meant we go GET high, right? Eh, Michelle?! (wink, wink).

[@sonicthehedgehog914]

Michelle should have plagiarized one of Mrs. Trumps iconic speeches, to get back at her, oh wait...

[@RahulPatel-og2ke]

She’d just be repeating herself 😂

[@thefruitshowstheroot7844]

damn

[@j.rivera6402]

Massive example. I sat in court and got destroyed by my ex-wife’s lawyer. This lawyer had a lot to say…..Mr Rivera doesn’t care about his son. He doesn’t care about Brandon. He’s selfish. All we had to say was “I just want my time with my son”. When they go low, we go high. My son is with me now.

[@richardmcgraw6881]

i love ms Michelle Obama. xo

[@fragilefleur]

Okay I have a question. I agree that bad words are inappropriate for a kid to be saying and socially a negative lesson in how to get along with people. This “there’s the door B” expression is an expression of defense to bullying. Edie being bullied online and in person. It is not like she is saying these words all the time but she’s old enough to have acquired plenty of bad words in playgrounds, school groups, play dates etc as kids swap things they learn. It isn’t cool or fun to hear or see but kids know this stuff by nine or ten most often. So my question though is how is Jonathan considered to be grooming his child? Grooming for what exactly? He’s not a sexual predator from what I gather and the fact that Emilia is willing to defend her brother and has an attitude about the hate says a lot about how much it bothers her also. She has some serious angry energy as a result of seeing so much hate towards Edie and is trying to help but no doubt feels fairly helpless unless she brings dad into the mix bc dad is trans positive and tells them to tell the bullies and haters to F off. So as people feel the language use is bad and my gut does too but my gut even more hates people who come down on LGBT peeps or anyone who is an “other” and are discriminated against, how do we teach Edie to deflect bullying, deflect the pain of hatred that she reads and deflect the attacks on her family? Maybe some counselors can weigh in on what best to do to actually support Edie on her painful and scary journey in a world who are primarily in accepting of a child transitioning due to gender dysmorphia. Better to make positive suggestions, let Edie know that she is loved and supported and that we will champion via our daily exchanges, via teaching our kids and via our votes that she means as much as her CIS gendered siblings. The b word isn’t the problem here and I don’t think Jonathan is being a groomer. He might be making content about the issue but I don’t actually think it’s for financial gains primarily. I think if he thought it was harming Edie he would shut it down and so would Anna. I think if anything he is extra supportive of Edie in self expression due to his own childhood bullying and abuse. This is something yhay may need to be untangled and might be seen as somewhat enmeshing Edie to Jonathan but I think that Jonathan is working with Edie to be open and proud and loud about trans pride. You will note that the video where Edie goes to her first gender specialist, she is nervous as it’s a doctor and doctors are scary to children. She is very much female Identified and I think people will get more hateful as she grows thru puberty in the way that she chooses with her gender specialist. I agree that it’s a personal process and she can choose to shut it down at any time. They didn’t show her doctor appt details as that is truly personal. They don’t show the actual finer details of being a trans boy and yet are positively discussing things like where to acquire clothing for trans kids and how to find actual professional care for these kids and spotlighting the actual hatred these kiddos get. If Edie and Emilia are angry, they have every right to be. They are being singled out as a trans kid and her sibling. Emilia is being pushed to be Edie’s defender and this is affecting her personality along with her issues with self esteem with learning math and she’s also just a normal kid. She is angry though that Edie gets hurt at school and online and that’s an okay emotion to express. Again let’s support her in the ways she can support her sister Edie and feel like an Allie to trans people while keeping her anger managed and emotions regulated. Calling someone b word won’t stop the bullying so let’s look at other ways we can prevent or react to the bad feelings of being bullied. I don’t have the answers but I get there are some people who specialize in counseling who can weigh in on this. I feel the anger of the hate she receives and hope she (and any allies of the LGBT) has much support in managing what will likely be a lifetime of adversity and her sister Emilia’s having anger and feeling protective and angry at the world for letting her feelings of the world being a safe place down. Emilia seems like she wants to handle it by becoming a bully to defend other bullies. As Michelle Obama said, “When they go low, we go high.” Jonathan, teach the kids to go high and do better and not accept hate and not stoop to their level.

[@xoticbrandi44]

So, did "Malaria" t-RUMP steal this speech too? Lol. Today, I told my daughter to watch this video. I sent it to her because she had an bad interaction with some bozo at work. He's a jerk. She didn't stoop to his level. I'm proud of her.

[@Zakjuh]

"Malaria t-RUMP," Really going high there, aren't you?

[@xoticbrandi44]

@@Zakjuh yup... Jacket: I don't care... Do you

[@CarlosVargas-jz8gl]

Im proud to say Trump trolls are the CNN primary viewership

[@1158supersiri]

Supporting a criminal and her rapist husband is not going high

[@wzbmitbbs]

Confucius says:Those who are glib in their speech and wear an ingratiating expression have little benevolence about them

[@Askyvonnew]

Ugh! Have an original thought!

[@kimielambert9613]

Michelle- you have a lot of power to stop this racial insanity. No one is going high here. They don’t even know what going high means because no one has taught them at home.You are the only role model they have. Teach them what it means to go “High.” Two wrongs do not make it right. You have the power to lead these, “children” to take advantage of opportunities the way you have in our country so they do not end up with a life spent in jail. Teach them to be grateful for how far they have come. Teach them the British started this system based on their own cast system. Teach them Jefferson’s wife was half black and the founders of this country did not agree with slavery. Education will stop revocation. Because education of blacks was not allowed until the 1960’s we have a huge problem here. It’s like starting a 12 year old kindergarten. Going forward is the only way- people’s lives, our country, our security is at stake here. I have vested interest in someone’s life here and I don’t want him to be hated because hate, violence and ignorance were the markings of his heritage. If you ever read a book on the holocaust written by a Jewish Holocaust survivor, there is no malice towards the Germans. Gaining by victimization is not a solid foundation. Please lead with diplomacy, and integrity for OUR Children. God bless you and my prayers are with you. I am sorry if I sound angry- you would be to if you saw what I just saw. 2nd Peter 1:6. To your knowledge, temperance.

[@brienmaybe.4415]

What about luke 14:33?

[@gladysibarra860]

Michelle Obama you will be the best nominated vice president of the United States with you in the ballots is a sure winner.

[@295g295]

1:37 Hit em low, Hit em high ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/bITSpKCmo7x4ipY

[@Ray41068]

No more tricks sorry Michelle

[@niteexplorer9934]

quite please

[@macpony2571780]

Did you hear Obamas brother is voting Trump

[@buildtalibanbackbetter5923]

How’s that going for you now?????? Beyond low . Murky abyss

[@ma.s2386]

enough with the first ladies crap