Former first lady Michelle Obama says she has no plans to return to political life, saying that she will no longer give campaign speeches or campaign for candidates but that she still wants to stay publicly engaged on her own terms.
“I am not going to be in politics. I’m not giving another political speech. I’m not campaigning for another candidate,” she said during an interview on Wildcard, a podcast from NPR, released on June 26. “But I’m here.”