Taxpayers will now fund a trip-around-the-world for First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia.
First, they are headed to Africa, where they will stop in Morocco and Liberia to promote the “Let Girls Learn” initiative, which was just launched months ago by President Obama. How does spending millions of dollars on a vacation for Malia and Sasha with celebrities help build schools for uneducated women?
The Obamas are out-of-touch elitists. This is pathetic:
The trip abroad will have additional star power – Meryl Streep and Freida Pinto will join along the way. In Liberia, the first lady will meet with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first elected female head of state in Africa, and have a discussion with local teenage girls, moderated by Pinto.
In Marrakech, Streep will join in for a conversation with adolescent girls. Costs for the actresses’ trip are being picked up by CNN Films, which will air a documentary this fall featuring the stories of girls in Liberia and Morocco who have overcome barriers to going to and staying in school.
In Liberia, nearly two-thirds of Liberia’s school-age children do not attend class, and girls dropping out of school have sharply risen since the Ebola crisis, U.S. officials told reporters Friday.
In Morocco, officials added, 85% of girls are enrolled in primary school, but that number drops to as low as 14% for high schools.
Obama and her daughters will continue onto Spain on Wednesday, where the first lady will meet with Queen Letizia and give a speech about the Let Girls Learn initiative.