\n Former first lady Michelle Obama said at a recent event that the US isn\u2019t ready for a woman president, pointing to former Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 unsuccessful bid for the White House last year.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cAs we saw in this past election, sadly, we ain\u2019t ready,\u201d Obama said in response to a question from actor Tracee Ellis Ross on whether there has been enough \u201croom\u201d created for a woman president.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m like, don\u2019t even look at me about running \u2018cause you all are lying. You\u2019re not ready for a woman,\u201d Obama told Ellis Ross. \u201cWe got a lot of growing up to do and there\u2019s still \u2026 a lot of men who do not feel like they can be led by a woman and we saw it.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Obama\u2019s conversation with Ellis Ross took place in Brooklyn, New York, to promote her new book, \u201cThe Look,\u201d which is about her approach to fashion and politics during her and former President Barack Obama\u2019s time in the White House. The conversation was posted online<\/a> on Friday.\n <\/p>\n \n The former first lady is among Democrats\u2019 most effective \u2014 and popular \u2014 surrogates, which for years, has fueled a desire among her supporters that she run for president. Michelle Obama has repeatedly shut down that speculation.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cI will not run for president. No, nope, not going to do it,\u201d she said in 2016<\/a> while still serving as first lady.\n <\/p>\n \n Obama campaigned for Harris last year, raising alarm about what she described as the threat Trump poses to the country, particularly to women\u2019s health.\n <\/p>\n