“U.S. First Ladies: Making History and Leaving Legacies” is a new college textbook that focuses on the impact of American first ladies on the policies and politics of their times. One of the book’s authors, American University’s First Ladies Initiative director Anita McBride, joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss how first ladies have each defined their role. “There’s no position description for a first lady. They get to pick and choose. They make it their own,” McBride tells Andrea. “But we have, in modern times, come to expect the visibility of the president’s spouse; to be out there, whether it’s not supporting a policy initiative advocating for it, being on the campaign trail, and then, once they leave office, you know, continuing to support the issues they worked on. That’s part of their legacy, too.”
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Anita McBride: ‘There’s no position description for a first lady.’ They can ‘make it their own.’
#FirstLadies #Politics #AnitaMcBride
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how come they never once mentioned Michelle Obama, she was a 1st Lady too, IDIOTS !
Excellent woman focus and yes championing women. I hope to be like that for others. Doing this to me for a decade wasn’t great and will assist seeing others out who got ahead on that.
Glad she did. I loved her.
I don’t have a spouse. Why did they say I do or ever did? Love Larry tho.
I don’t take your time for granted.
We need a conservative swing back. This is disgusting.
The opioid crisis, the Punic vampire 🧛🏻♂️🧛🏻♂️🧛🏻♂️🧛🏻♂️ lullaby 💀💀💀💀of institutional monopoly ⚕️⚕️⚕️⚕️⚕️that’s how they roll.
2004, nineteen years ago, that's the last time a Republican presidential candidate won a U.S. presidential election as well as the popular vote.
Yep, and Harris chose useless to the posistion, the title, and the people. No wonder Dem leadership will absolutely not endorse her on air.
Will the First Gentleman get to put his clothing in the First Ladies collection in the Smithsonian?
The devil😈 that is J. D. Rockefeller’s cult of Punic vampirism 🧛🏻♂️ this monopolist devil 😈 is real and so are his legacy institutional corruption, burning man co conspirators😈😈😈😈😈😈😈.
When will we have a first gentlemen…
Gotta be proffessional about your position in a role such as ,First Lady…ladies first…
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Melania = The epitome of a First Lady
Dr. Jill = the epitome of a Cafeteria Lady 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
There no description of this position because IT DOESN'T EXIST. So making like President's are kings.
The whole concept of a "first lady" is just America clinging to scraps of royalty after they got rid of the real thing. "Everybody should be elected!" they shout as they put expectations on the president's wife to be a public figure, undertaking charitable endeavours and establishing programs to help children or the disadvantaged; oh, just like members of the Commonwealth Realms' Royal Family do. Even after their husbands have left office, the wives (and their spouses) are still supposed to engage in public life.
Poor 'Murca secretly regrets rebelling against the British Crown and is now jealous of Canada because it didn't and today is an independent kingdom.
girly obama was a good first lady
Dr. Jildo appreciates the fact you don't talk about Joe's dementia.
“Hispanics are as unique as a Breakfast Taco”. – Dr. Jildo
Dr. Jildo cheated on her 1st husband to be with Slow Joe. Isnt she wonderful?
Joe should put Hunter on the payroll!
Calling hispanics taco's was good.
MSNBC and the giant talking heads of Punic Vampirism 🧛🏻♂️🧛🏻♂️🧛🏻♂️🧛🏻♂️ J.D Rockefeller legacy mass media monopolists. The war in Oceania I mean the war in Ukraine.
Wait till more comes out about Epsteins involvement with Trump, all three of them were good friends. You didn’t think Melania met Epstein by accident did you.
Melania working on editing her marriage contract
Reporter: " So do you still believe that the earth is flat?"
trump: "Absolutely. No question. I
once walked to the very edge of the earth and fell off into the abyss."
"Then Satan caught me, and brought me back to do HIS work here on earth…"
As soon as Trump is not the president he will be convicted for Russia 🇷🇺 collusion!!!! You just can't charge a sitting president!!!!! Is Trump still president or was that a HOAX!!????
WHERE'S MELANIA? Getting her hair done again. She had NO clue about being in the WH and did NOTHING.
Melania has been LESS involved? How can she be LESS involved when she wasn't involved to begin with? Are you kind of getting the impression that she is not thrilled with holding up her end of that bargain for her green card/citizenship?
🇺🇸 Trump/2024 🇺🇸
Make America's (1st lady) Gorgeous Again.
Melania Trump was the biggest BAG of Nothing in the WH ever.
''If Ivanka weren't my daughter, perhaps she'd be America's 1st LADY and I'd be dating her.''
Donald tRUMP
"Doctor" Jill 😂😂
Women for Trump
Hillary didn’t approve of Bill telling Monica to speak into the microphone.
Jill is busy keeping an eye on joey.