The White House sent a warning to Donald Trump Thursday: Attacking Michelle Obama is off limits.
The first lady blasted Trump without actually naming him during a campaign speech for Democrat Hillary Clinton on Thursday. The White House followed up with its own message for the Republican presidential candidate.
“I can’t think of a bolder way for Donald Trump to lose even more standing than he already has than by engaging the first lady of the United States,” principal deputy White House press secretary Eric Schultz said on Air Force One, Politico reported.
“I can’t believe I’m saying a candidate for president of the United States has bragged about sexually assaulting women,” Obama said, per CNN.
“I can’t stop thinking about this. It has shaken me to my core in a way I could not have predicted. I know this is a campaign, but this isn’t about politics. It’s about basic human decency.”
Trump brushed off the comments he made as “locker room talk.” Since the tape was made public last Friday, several women have come forward and claimed Trump sexually assaulted them.
“The truth is it hurts. It hurts,” she said.
“It’s like that sick, sinking feeling you get when you are walking down the street, minding your own business and some guy yells out vulgar words about your body or when you see that guy at work that stands a little too close, stares a little too long and makes you feel uncomfortable in your own skin,” she said, as the crowd went silent.