While our eyes were glued to the television on election night, First Lady Michelle Obama had other plans.。

"I went to bed," she told People in a joint interview with her husband President Barack Obama. "I don't watch debates. I don't like to watch the political discourse. I never have. I barely did with him [Barack]."。

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She continued: "Once you do what you can do, then you rest easy. It was in the hands of the American people."。

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The Obamas were vocal supporters of Hillary Clinton's run for president. At the Democratic National Convention in July, the First Lady gave a heartening speech in which she coined her election season motto: "When they go low, we go high."
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, she told the magazine that she and Barack would work with Donald Trump's administration to prepare for the coming transition.
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"We are ready to work with the next administration and make sure they are as successful as they can be, because that's what's best for this country," she said. 。

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