Michelle Obama was not awake to watch America go red on Election Night.
“I went to bed ... I don't watch debates. I don’t like to watch the political discourse. I never have,” Obama told People Magazine in an article published Wednesday.
“I barely did with him,” she said about her husband, President Obama.
The first lady — who until 2016 had stayed largely out of the political spotlight — became one of Hillary Clinton’s most effective surrogates during her campaign.
“Anything that I felt about the election I said, and I stand by,” she told People. “Once you do what you can do, then the rest is easy. It was in the hands of the American people.”
“This is our democracy and this is how it works and so, we are ready to work with the next administration and make sure they are as successful as they can be. Because that’s what’s best for this country,” she continued.
On Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump told NBC’s Today show that he had been seeking the current president’s advice during the transition. “I have asked him what he would think of this one and that one,” he said about his possible Cabinet picks.
