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Martin Pengelly in New York

Republicans fear Michelle Obama presidential run, ex-Trump aide says

Michelle Obama sits with her husband, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsberg at the White House in 2010.
Michelle Obama sits with her husband, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsberg at the White House in 2010. Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP

Michelle Obama would put Republicans “in a very difficult position” if she ran for president in 2024, a former Trump aide said, because the former first lady is both popular and “immune to criticism”.

Monica Crowley, a former treasury spokeswoman, was speaking on Saturday at CPAC, the conservative conference in Orlando, Florida, at which Donald Trump strongly suggested he will run again in two years’ time.

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