Fact-check: “Has Michelle Obama ever said she hated America”
Verdict: False (92% confidence)
No documented transcript, recording, or primary source shows Michelle Obama ever saying 'I hate America' or any substantively equivalent phrase. The claim traces almost entirely to a February 18, 2008 campaign speech in which she said, 'For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country.' Critics characterized that as evidence she hated America, but characterization is not a quote. In subsequent interviews that same week and throughout her public career, she explicitly affirme…
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