On Wednesday, former President & First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama returned to the White House to unveil their official White House portraits, and right on cue, the leftist media were tripping over themselves to gush and praise their first loves.
The Obamagasms on ABC’s World News Tonight was assigned to leftist propagandist and Capitol Hill correspondent Rachel Scott who swooned that, “former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama returned to the White House together for the first time since they moved out in 2017.”
Scott, like her colleagues in the other two networks (CBS & NBC), let the Obamas act like they were above the political fray during their reign. “Presidents usually host their predecessors for their portrait unveiling. But former President Donald Trump did not. Tonight, Michelle Obama insisting traditions like this matter,” Scott cried before airing a clip of Michelle Obama’s disingenuous speech:
MICHELLE OBAMA: You see the people, they make their voices heard with their vote. We hold an inauguration to ensure a peaceful transition of power. And once our time is up, we move on. And all that remains in this hallowed place are our good efforts and these portraits.
Anchor David Muir wrapped up the segment by concluding that it was a "powerful day." Muir never explained how the Obama's visiting the White House to unveil their portraits made it a "powerful day." Of course, it's obvious the reason why he feels that way is because Obama is a Democrat.
Meanwhile, on CBS Evening News, White House correspondent Ed O’Keefe proclaimed that “it was homecoming day for the Obamas as their official White House portraits were added to one of the most famous art collections in the world.”
“Former President Donald Trump never scheduled an unveiling for the Obama portraits and the Biden’s waited until COVID-19 eased," O’Keefe wailed. “So, the portrait of Michelle Obama was hidden in artist Sharon Sprung's Brooklyn art studio for six years.”
On NBC Nightly News, White House correspondent Kristen Welker acted like a preteen girl at a Justin Bieber concert during her coverage of the Obama’s at the White House by cheering the event was “a first family affair.”
Welker let the former First Lady get away with acting like she loves or even likes the United States when it's been well documented that Michelle Obama has on numerous occasions let slip her disdain for the United States.
“An emotional Michelle Obama saying the portraits stand for something larger,” Welker reported. She then aired her phony appreciation for America and its history:
MICHELLE OBAMA: A girl like me, she was never supposed to be up there next to Jacqueline Kennedy and Dolly Madison. And it is so important for every young kid who is doubting themselves to believe that they can, too. That is what this country is about.
Welker ended by drooling once more, that “the first black president and first lady who will live on these walls for history.”
The leftist news networks’ collective Obamagasms were made possible thanks to the endorsements from Prevagen on ABC, Ensure on CBS, and Geico on NBC. Their information is linked.
To read the transcripts of each segment click “expand”:
ABC’s World News Tonight
9/7/2022
6:47:09 p.m. EasternDAVID MUIR: We're going to turn now to a moment at the White House today. Former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama returning together for the first time since leaving office for the unveiling of their official portraits. And what they hope future generations will see in those portraits. Here's Rachel Scott.
RACHEL SCOTT: Tonight, former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama returned to the White House together for the first time since they moved out in 2017.
JOE BIDEN: Barack and Michelle, welcome home. Welcome home.
SCOTT: The Obamas on-hand for the unveiling of their official portraits. The former President rendered in hyper-realistic detail by artist Robert Mccurdy.
BARACK OBAMA: You'll note that he refused to hide any of my gray hairs, refused my request to make my ears smaller.
SCOTT: But then, on a more personal note–
OBAMA: When future generations walk these halls and look up at these portraits, I hope they get a better and honest sense of who Michelle and I were. And I hope they leave with a deeper understanding that if we could make it here, maybe they can, too.
SCOTT: The former first lady also nodding to history.
MICHELLE OBAMA: A girl like me, she was never supposed to be up there next to Jacqueline Kennedy and Dolly Madison. She was never supposed to live in this house. And she definitely wasn't supposed to serve as first lady.
SCOTT: Presidents usually host their predecessors for their portrait unveiling. But former President Donald Trump did not. Tonight, Michelle Obama insisting traditions like this matter.
MICHELLE OBAMA: You see the people, they make their voices heard with their vote. We hold an inauguration to ensure a peaceful transition of power. And once our time is up, we move on. And all that remains in this hallowed place are our good efforts and these portraits.
SCOTT: David, as the nation's first and only black President and first lady, the Obamas said that those portraits will tell a fuller American story and serve as a reminder that everyone has a place in this country, David.
MUIR: Powerful day. Rachel Scott tonight. Thank you.
CBS Evening News
9/7/2022
6:57:18 p.m. EasternNORAH O’DONNELL: It was a reunion of sorts at the White House today as President Biden welcomed back Barack and Michelle Obama for the unveiling of their official portrait, CBS’s Ed O'Keefe is at the White House.
JOE BIDEN: Barack and Michelle, welcome home.
ED O’KEEFE: It was homecoming day for the Obamas as their official White House portraits were added to one of the most famous art collections in the world. The former President relished being back.
BARACK OBAMA: Thanks for letting us invite a few friends to the White House. We will try not to tear up the place.
O’KEEFE: Former President Donald Trump never scheduled an unveiling for the Obama portraits and the Biden’s waited until COVID-19 eased. So the portrait of Michelle Obama was hidden in artist Sharon Sprung's Brooklyn art studio for six years.
OBAMA: I want to thank Sharon Sprung for capturing everything I love about Michelle. Her grace, her intelligence, and the fact that she's fine.
O’KEEFE: As for his portrait by Robert McCurdy.
OBAMA: Will you note that he refused to hide any of my gray hairs, refused my request to make my ears smaller.
O’KEEFE: The former first lady took note of the historic moment.
MICHELLE OBAMA: A girl like me, she was never supposed to be up there next to Jacqueline Kennedy and Dolly Madison. She was never supposed to live in this house. And she definitely wasn't supposed to serve as first lady.
O’KEEFE: Now their portraits will both live in this house. Ed O'Keefe, CBS News, the White House.
NBC Nightly News
9/7/2022
7:26:51 p.m. EasternLESTER HOLT: And finally a historic day at the White House as well. Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama back for the unveiling of their official portraits. Here's Kristen Welker.
KRISTEN WELKER: It was a first family affair.
JOE BIDEN: Barack and Michelle, welcome home! Welcome home.
WELKER: For the country a return of a White House tradition. For Michelle Obama, her first visit back in more than five years.
BIDEN: Michelle he knows, we all know it, he couldn't have done it without you.
WELKER: The former President nostalgic.
BARACK OBAMA: When people ask me what I miss most about the White House years it is not air force one that I talk about although I miss air force one. It's the chance that I had to stand shoulder to shoulder with all of you.
WELKER: A reunion of a political partnership forged over two terms.
BIDEN: We trusted him, all of you in this room, we believed in him, and we counted on him. And I still do.
OBAMA: Joe, it is now America's good fortune to have you as President.
WELKER: Mr. Obama thanking artists Robert McCurdy and Sharon Sprung, quipping the portrait of Mrs. Obama captures what he loves most.
OBAMA: Her grace, her intelligence, and the fact that she's fine.
MICHELLE OBAMA: Well, let me thank my husband, first of all, for such spicy remarks.
WELKER: An emotional Michelle Obama saying the portraits stand for something larger.
MICHELLE OBAMA: A girl like me, she was never supposed to be up there next to Jacqueline Kennedy and Dolly Madison. And it is so important for every young kid who is doubting themselves to believe that they can, too. That is what this country is about.
WELKER: The bipartisan tradition goes back decades.
PRESIDENT: GEORGE W. BUSH You will now be able to gauge at this portrait and ask what would George do?
WELKER: But former President Trump did not invite Mr. Obama, a mutual decision, according to sources. Still, this moment particularly poignant for the first black President and first lady who will live on these walls for history. Kristen Welker, NBC News, the White House.
