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Divorced dads are upset with Michelle Obama

'That wasn't cool.'

 

David Covucci

Tech

Posted on Apr 16, 2019   Updated on May 20, 2021, 2:44 pm CDT

Over the weekend, while on tour for her new memoir, Becoming, Michelle Obama compared living in America under President Donald Trump to a child visiting their divorced dad on the weekend.

“We come from a broken family, we are a little unsettled,” Obama said, according to the Independent. “Sometimes you spend the weekend with divorced dad. That feels like fun but then you get sick. That is what America is going through. We are living with divorced dad.”

Obama’s comments make sense if you aren’t a Trump fan. Power in this country changes hands, and when the opposition is in charge, you can feel a little out of place. That’s magnified if the head of the country is a spasmodic elder gentleman who doesn’t seem all that interested in child rearing. Jokes about Trump aside, her words were more about the experience of the children of divorce, feeling unsettled in a place they know that nonetheless feels unfamiliar.

But men in America these days are never one to pass up an excuse to be aggrieved.

Enter the divorced dads of Twitter, who were extremely upset that Obama dared besmirch their name. The ones who took the time to explain their frustration said that they felt marginalized by the comments.

“Most separated parents are good people doing their best,” wrote Twitter user Simply Cera.

Others just tweeted pro-Trump “MAGA” hashtags and wrote things like “fuck Michelle Obama.”

https://twitter.com/kingchuck810/status/1118075577586659333

Others stepped in to defend the good name of divorced dads.

https://twitter.com/OurBigMilFam/status/1117989364099895298

Maybe instead of being so online, these divorced dads could go play with their kids?

Although, it’s Tuesday, so nevermind.

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*First Published: Apr 16, 2019, 9:21 am CDT