Michelle Obama returned to the political fray Friday, rallying Miami youth to vote in this upcoming midterm congressional election.
The former First Lady seized on what she said was a collective sense of despair about America.
"I get it," she said. "I am frustrated, too."
"I am tired of the daily chaos, the pettiness, the meanness that too often dominates the political discourse," Obama said. "We all are. It is exhausting, and honestly it's depressing."
"So I can see how folks think their votes don't make a difference; I know folks are frustrated that there isn't more progress on the issues that affect our daily lives," she said. "Or worse yet, I know some folks think the whole system is rigged, so why bother at all?"
Obama said knowing how much sway Washington has over everyone's lives should motivate people to vote.
“You wouldn’t give your crazy uncle the power to post a picture to your Instagram feed,” she said. “So why would you give a stranger the power to make far more important decisions in your life?”
“We gotta make voting trendy. We gotta hashtag it,” she continued. “If you don’t take that power, if you don’t understand what that power means, then we’ll be back in that cycle. And we don’t want that for any of our young people.”