Michelle Obama is 'absolutely correct' saying America not ready for a woman president, Dem lawmaker says

Rep James Clyburn D-S C reported on Sunday that former first lady Michelle Obama was absolutely correct in claiming that America was not ready for a woman president If you look at the history we demonstrated that we were not ready Clyburn explained on NBC's Meet the Press These are incredible women who have run Hillary Clinton Kamala Harris and I think that we are getting there That s why we can t afford to turn the clock back We ve taken one two and three approaches forward and let s not take two three and four initiatives backwards which is what we are doing in these elections Obama's comments came last month while promoting her new book The Look where she cited former Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential electoral contest loss to President Donald Trump as proof the country wasn't ready BILL MAHER SWIPES MICHELLE OBAMA'S 'BAD ATTITUDE' FOR SAYING AMERICA ISN'T READY FOR A WOMAN PRESIDENT As we saw in this past ballot sadly we ain t ready she reported That s why I m like don t even look at me about running because you all are lying You re not ready for a woman You are not The former first lady went on to say that she did not believe men in America are assured with a woman leading them MICHELLE OBAMA SAYS SHE LL NEVER EVER CHANGE HER MIND ABOUT NOT RUNNING FOR OFFICE You know we ve got a lot of growing up to do and there s still sadly a lot of men who do not feel like they can be led by a woman and we saw it Obama continued Despite agreeing with Obama Clyburn revealed that people shouldn't stop the pursuit for a female president 'THE VIEW' HOST REJECTS MICHELLE OBAMA'S CLAIM THAT COUNTRY NOT READY FOR FEMALE PRESIDENT My dad used to tell me all the time Son the darkest part of the night is that moment just before dawn Clyburn disclosed And so we may be in a dark moment as it relates to women serving as president but we may be in that moment just before dawn where the woman will serve And in order for that to happen they have got to run So I want women to run I want to patronage them I m the father of three fantastic women I want them to keep their pursuit and not give up on this country Fox News Digital reached out to Obama's office for comment