White House staff left 'in tears' after thank you speech from Michelle Obama

[left-of-center2012]

First lady Michelle Obama reportedly left White House staffers in tears after she took them out for her farewell final holiday pizza party this week.

Obama, who is set to leave the White House ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration on 20 January, threw a final Christmas party at We The Pizza restaurant in DC, later moving on to Bernaise, at an event that became emotional after she delivered a thank you speech to staff.

A source told The Hill how her words "left everybody in tears" as they celebrated the final holiday party and the past eight years in the White House at the restaurant, which is supposedly a favourite of the first lady's.

Chef Spike Mendelsohn, who owns the restaurant, shared a snap on Instagram of some of the goodies he cooked up for the team, including biscuits featuring campaigns Obama has spearheaded over the past two terms her husband has been in office, such as education for girls.

He wrote: "Yes we can and yes we did!!! Honoured to host @michelleobama last holiday party. What an honour to have worked with her team over the last 8 years on very important initiatives that have shaped our country for many decades to come. Thank you."

Obama has enjoyed positive approval ratings throughout her husband's presidency, impressing with her campaigns, speeches and warm demeanour on shows such as Ellen and James Cordon's Drive by Karaoke.

The first lady is so well liked, there have been suggestions she should run for president in future, although she has made no comment on these suggestions.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/a04a36db-b032-385e-934e-1e3c1a1db955/white-house-staff-left.html

[deaniac21]

1. She would be the perfect

presidential candidate.

[mopinko]

2. she might be too honest and decent.

but she sure is battle hardened, and, unlike cheeto, would know what the hell the job is.

[Yavin4]

4. Americans do not deserve her.

We need to atone for Trump first, and then maybe.

[mainer]

3. Oh, no. Now Alex Jones will point to this pizza restaurant as another site of nefarious things.

And his moronic followers will believe him.

[Fast Walker 52]

9. I know-- did it have to be pizza?

[jmowreader]

19. If it wasn't pizza the terrorists would have won

Can we POSSIBLY stop worrying about what Alex Jones thinks of us? That worthless fuck would hate us no matter what we did. Even if we all joined the GOP, embraced Alt-Rightism, and got Trump tattoos, he would hate us and want us dead.

[Fast Walker 52]

20. LOL, yes. I sort of hope they had pizza just to spite that idiot.

[Va Lefty]

5. Class personified

[gademocrat7]

6. First Lady Michelle Obama is an amazing woman.

She is a national treasure.

[hibbing]

7. Absolutely love her n/t

[SammyWinstonJack]

13. +1000000!

[Hekate]

8. KnR

[Perseus]

10. Someone tell the Obama family

to take pictures right before they leave to make sure the republicans don't do to them what they tried to do to the Clinton of accusing them of taking stuff that did not belong to them. With pictures they can prove everything was where it is supposed to be.

[Maru Kitteh]

11. Dignifying such stupid lies with a response is unwise and would have no effect anyway.

People stupid enough to believe those lies want to believe them, and they will not believe photographic (or any other) evidence to the contrary.

[Mariana]

12. That would accomplish nothing.

The R's will just claim that they took all the stuff after the pictures were taken.

[lastlib]

16. Those idjits didn't believe the birth certificate.....

.....they ain't gonna believe photographs.

[tenorly]

14. Let's look at the bright side: it's one historic First Lady handing the baton to another.

Our first African-American First Lady is being succeeded by the first First Lady to have ever been a prostitute. Nice.

[lastlib]

17. From First LADY to First Stripper..........

How could we as a nation go SO F*CKING WRONG??!?

[tenorly]

18. Boom!

That should heretofore be her official title, lastlib. It certainly will be to me.

?1456527889

[awoke_in_2003]

22. Oh god no

I have that same painting and frame in my house.

[tenorly]

23. Good. It's the only thing of taste in that whole sordid image.

But then, I bet Ivana has already told him that.

[awoke_in_2003]

24. Well thank you

All the credit goes to my wife, though. She didn't get past 5th grade because her mother pulled her out of school to take care of her mother, but I swear she should be an interior decorator, especially for the holidays. She has good sense, and we have 3 Christmas trees (my wife's favorite holiday).

[tenorly]

28. She's a great lady. Happy Holidays to you both!

My best friend, who passed away in July at 73, was the same. He had to drop out after the 5th grade to help with his family's horse ranch in New Hampshire - but he was a gentleman and a scholar, with great taste in food, clothes, and decor.

And he was very much a Robert Kennedy liberal; he lived in Manhattan for many years, and one of the last things he told me was that New Yorkers often referred to our President-elect as 'Trump the Chump' on account of how easy it was for banksters to lure him into hopeless boondoggles (God help us all).

I miss my old friend; but that's life.

[Javaman]

15. the successful flight of a solid plane...

ruined by the guy with the bad hair in first class who pulled open the emergency exit at 30,000 feet.

[lpbk2713]

21. Camelot all over again.

If the name hadn't already been used it would be highly appropriate here.


Don't let it be forgot
That once there was a spot
For one brief shining moment
That was known as Camelot!

[Cha]

25. I can imagine!

Thank you, left of center

[Upthevibe]

26. I tear up whenever I think of them leaving. Today I bought a card for each of them to

personally offer my thanks. I've never done anything like that but I have to acknowledge what they have meant to me. Michelle Obama- quite possibly the best FLOTUS in the history of this country. I will miss her....

[left-of-center2012]

27. Imagine the White House staff ...

Imagine the White House staff who have served the Obamas for eight years
now having to serve the Trumps.
(Meaning the staff who run the White House kitchen, housekeeping, etc)

I suspect they'll be treated differently.