Michelle Obama slams women who voted for Trump, said they voted ‘against their own voice’

Former US First Lady Michelle Obama has lashed out at women who voted for president Donald Trump, saying they “voted against their own voice”.  

Mrs Obama, who has stayed largely out of the political fray since leaving the White House in January, made the remark during a wide-ranging conversation at a Boston conference on Wednesday that also addressed life in the White House, her forthcoming book, and the challenges of discrimination that women face together.  

She reflected on the 2016 election as an example of staying true to her "authentic self".

Quite frankly, we saw this in this election. As far as I'm concerned, any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their own voice," Mrs Obama said during a question-and-answer session with author Roxane Gay at Inbound, a marketing and sales conference in Boston. 

She maintained that she and her husband, former President Barack Obama, still support Trump and want him to be successful.

Obama said she doesn’t miss being in the White House, though she does miss the “people and the work.” The process taught her that she can do anything, she told the audience.

It was like being shot out of a cannon…with a blindfold and the spotlight on you,” she said when asked what it was like as First Lady.

She said she’s working on a book about believing in our most authentic selves. It will include stories about her childhood: “How did that little girl get to be here?”