Online Outrage After Michelle Obama Tries to Play the Victim Card

Nov 17, 2025

A surprising moment unfolds as Michelle Obama discusses victimhood during her interview, sparking critique. Scott Galloway reveals alarming trends about young men isolating themselves and choosing digital over personal connections. Political drama ensues with developments around Jeffrey Epstein's emails, as Marjorie Taylor Greene pivots on her attacks against Trump. Debates heat up over immigration policies, with sharp exchanges between figures like Tom Homan and media outlets. Lastly, John Fetterman garners contrasting views from party members over his stance on border security.

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INSIGHT

Elite Victimhood As A Power Tool

Dave Rubin highlights a pattern of wealthy public figures adopting a victimhood narrative to gain influence.
He questions whether perceived victimhood is sincere or a power tool used for leverage.

ANECDOTE

Michelle Obama On Hair And Victim Frame

Rubin plays clips of Michelle Obama discussing hair and presentation as if white beauty standards constrain Black women.
He and guest Sage Steele react skeptically and criticize Michelle's framing as exhausting and sad.

INSIGHT

Young Men Withdrawing From Real Life

Rubin links cultural narratives that shame young men to broader social decline in male engagement and well-being.
He cites Scott Galloway's data on men living at home and avoiding relationships as evidence of a masculinity crisis.

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Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks about Michelle Obama surprising interviewer Tracee Ellis Ross and the crowd at the Brooklyn Academy of Music by repeatedly focusing on playing the victim during her time in the White House; Scott Galloway shocking Bill Maher and the "Real Time with Bill Maher" crowd with the surprising statistics behind the crisis in masculinity and the growing number of men who chose the internet instead of real-life relationships; Scott Jennings destroying Democrat Stacy Schneider's narrative about the recent "revelations" surrounding the mention of Donald Trump in the latest Jeffrey Epstein emails with a few simple facts; Marjorie Taylor Greene going on-air with CNN's Dana Bash to apologize for her attacks on Donald Trump and her drawing even more attention to the recent story surrounding Jeffrey Epstein's connection to Trump; Border Czar Tom Homan's brutal response to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops criticism of his mass deportation policies carried out by ICE agents; Fox News' Kayleigh McEnany getting into a tense exchange with James Carville over John Fetterman's relevance to the Democratic Party; and much more.

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