{"id":1188859,"date":"2022-01-04T22:34:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T03:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1188859"},"modified":"2022-01-04T22:34:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T03:34:56","slug":"michelle-obama-using-guest-appearance-on-abcs-black-ish-to-promote-voter-registration-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michelle-obama-using-guest-appearance-on-abcs-black-ish-to-promote-voter-registration-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Obama Using Guest Appearance on ABC&#039;s &#039;Black-ish&#039; to Promote Voter Registration Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmichelle-obama-using-guest-appearance-on-abcs-black-ish-to-promote-voter-registration-initiative%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1188859&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/michelleobamablackish1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">ABC is allowing Michelle Obama to use her upcoming guest appearance on the sitcom <em>black-ish<\/em> to promote her voter registration initiative, which despite calling itself \u201cnon-partisan\u201d has advocated for vote by mail and pushed Democratic legislation that would federalize elections and roll back voter identification requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The episode, which is set to air tonight on the Disney-owned network, will feature a storyline that will incorporate Obama\u2019s When We All Vote organization,&nbsp;with the former first lady attending a fundraiser for the group with the show\u2019s protagonists, played by Tracee Ellis Ross and Anthony Anderson, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/in-the-know\/in-the-know\/588142-michelle-obama-to-promote-when-we-all-vote-during-black-ish?rl=1\">report<\/a> from The Hill.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Obama will also host a virtual watch party alongside Ellis Ross, who served as a host of the Democratic National Convention in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou do not want to miss this,\u201d Obama said in a social media video to promote the episode and the watch party. \u201cThis is going to be a good one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s such a good episode,\u201d Ellis Ross enthused.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>They also urged viewers to sign up and volunteer for When We All Vote in the promo video.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It was fun being on set with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TraceeEllisRoss?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TraceeEllisRoss<\/a> and the cast and crew of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blackishabc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BlackishABC<\/a>! <\/p>\n<p>Join me and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhenWeAllVote?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WhenWeAllVote<\/a> tonight as we watch the farewell season premiere\u2014and don\u2019t forget to tell me what you think of the episode using <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWAVBlackish?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWAVBlackish<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>So grateful to be a part of it! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p7lrVESlIo\">pic.twitter.com\/p7lrVESlIo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichelleObama\/status\/1478381045812760583?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>ABC has released a teaser clip of the episode, showing other characters played by Laurence Fishburne and Jenifer Lewis gushing over the former first lady.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tuesday at 9:30\/8:30c on ABC, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichelleObama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MichelleObama<\/a> meets the Johnsons in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/blackish?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#blackish<\/a> Season Premiere. \ud83d\ude0d Stream on Hulu! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uY0LI98NX9\">pic.twitter.com\/uY0LI98NX9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 black-ish (@blackishabc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blackishabc\/status\/1477202940947488772?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time ABC has partnered with Michelle Obama. In 2020, just before election day, the network&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2020\/09\/02\/abc-to-air-celebrity-studded-primetime-voter-registration-special-featuring-michelle-obama\/\">aired<\/a> the voter registration comedy special&nbsp;VOMO: Vote or Miss Out, which was&nbsp;produced by a group of organizations including a media company called ATTN:, which has close ties to the Obama family, as well as When We All Vote.<\/p>\n<p>Created by Michelle Obama, When We All Vote is a self-described \u201cnonpartisan initiative\u201d that uses celebrity influencer power to drive voter registration and \u201cchange the culture around voting.\u201d Among its celebrity chairs are Tom Hanks, Selena Gomez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Kerry Washington, and soccer star Megan Rapinoe \u2014 all of whom backed Joe Biden in last year\u2019s presidential race.<\/p>\n<p>The organization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/09\/22\/michelle-obama-mobilizing-celebrities-ahead-of-midterms-to-push-federal-takeover-of-elections\/\">has backed Democrats\u2019 attempts to wrest control of elections from states<\/a> and put it in the hands of the federal government, including measures that would cancel voter identification requirements.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One of the many critical benefits of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JohnLewisVotingRightsAct?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JohnLewisVotingRightsAct<\/a> are the protections it codifies for voters with disabilities \u2935\ufe0f\u2935\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SxKThM523a\">https:\/\/t.co\/SxKThM523a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 When We All Vote (@WhenWeAllVote) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhenWeAllVote\/status\/1429479724582068228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Among the Democratic efforts backed by When We All Vote was the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act,&nbsp;which&nbsp;would have radically transformed America\u2019s electoral system to the benefit of Democrats. The House passed the bill in August and but the legislation failed in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow David Ng on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. Have a tip? Contact me at&nbsp;<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"mailto:dng@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dng@breitbart.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC is allowing Michelle Obama to use her upcoming guest appearance on the sitcom black-ish to promote her voter registration initiative, which despite calling itself \u201cnon-partisan\u201d has advocated for vote &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1188859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1188859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1188859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1188859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1188859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}