Another false email smear is turning up in inboxes across the country spreading incorrect information about Michelle based on a completely fake room service bill. The smear inaccurately claims Michelle dined on lobster and caviar at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel on October 15th.
The truth is, the incident never happened. Michelle was not even staying at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The New York Post had a bad source and has since retracted the story.
What’s more, Michelle was not even in New York at the time of the incident. Rather, she was on a plane heading away from a campaign event in Fort Wayne, Indiana where she spoke.
Snopes.com has also debunked this smear – giving it a status rating of “False.”
We don’t know much about the author behind this email smear, but we do know that smears like this are part of a broader, shadowy strategy to scare people who aren’t very familiar with Michelle by spreading anonymous, false information.
Fight back with the truth: make sure anyone who sees this smear also sees this page. Together we can make sure these negative and divisive attacks don’t affect this election.
MEET MICHELLE
Learn MoreMichelle Obama grew up in a blue-collar family, but she worked hard and earned admission to Princeton University and later Harvard Law School. Michelle has worked as a lawyer, a public servant and most importantly – as a mom to 7-year-old Sasha and 10-year-old Malia. Michelle is extremely proud of her community work. She was the founding director of Public Allies Chicago – an AmeriCorps program that helps young people enter public service. She also led a volunteerism program at the University of Chicago hospital, encouraging Chicago residents to get involved in their community.
MICHELLE REACHES OUT TO MILITARY FAMILIES
Learn MoreMichelle has been particularly concerned with military families on the campaign trail. She has traveled the country meeting with mothers, fathers, spouses and children of our troops, listening to their struggles of keeping the family together while their loved ones are away. “When the military goes to war, or deploys at sea, their families go with them,” Michelle said at a recent event.
WATCH MICHELLE’S DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION ADDRESS
In her address at the Democratic National Convention in August, Michelle said: “My piece of the American Dream is a blessing hard won by those who came before me. All of them driven by the same conviction that drove my dad to get up an hour early each day to painstakingly dress himself for work. The same conviction that drives the men and women I’ve met all across this country: People who work the day shift, kiss their kids goodnight, and head out for the night shift – without disappointment, without regret – that goodnight kiss a reminder of everything they’re working for. …All of us driven by a simple belief that the world as it is just won’t do – that we have an obligation to fight for the world as it should be. …That is why I love this country.”