--- ---  # Read the Transcript of Michelle Obama's Speech at a Hillary Clinton Rally in North Carolina by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Oct 27, 2016 8:30 PM UTC  First Lady Michelle Obama speaks as Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton listens during a campaign rally in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on October 27, 2016. First Lady Michelle Obama speaks as Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton listens during a campaign rally in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on October 27, 2016.JEWEL SAMAD—AFP/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Oct 27, 2016 8:30 PM UTC First Lady [Michelle Obama](http://time.com/4539875/michelle-obama-donald-trump-arizona-speech/) on Thursday joined [Hillary Clinton ](http://time.com/4547849/governors-democrats-hillary-clinton/)during the Democratic presidential nominee’s [campaign rally](http://time.com/4547634/michelle-obama-hillary-clinton-watch-live/) in Salem, N.C. It’s the first time Obama has hit the campaign trail with Clinton. Read the full transcript of her remarks below. --- > “” --- Michelle Obama's Speech at Clinton Rally: Read Transcript ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4548423/michelle-obama-hillary-clinton-speech-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4548423/michelle-obama-hillary-clinton-speech-transcript/"},"headline":"Read the Transcript of Michelle Obama's Speech at a Hillary Clinton Rally in North Carolina","datePublished":"2016-10-27T20:30:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:28:46.662Z","description":"\"Here's where I want to get real. If Hillary doesn't win this election, that will be on us\"","url":"https://time.com/4548423/michelle-obama-hillary-clinton-speech-transcript/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde7910792c7e707f/6988abe5cd1bbae0b5702df0/michelle-obama-clinton-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde7910792c7e707f/6988abe5cd1bbae0b5702df0/michelle-obama-clinton-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-VOTE-DEMOCRATS-CLINTON","caption":"First Lady Michelle Obama speaks as Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton listens during a campaign rally in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on October 27, 2016.","creditText":"JEWEL SAMAD—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4548423/michelle-obama-hillary-clinton-speech-transcript/","name":"Read the Transcript of Michelle Obama's Speech at a Hillary Clinton Rally in North Carolina"}}]}] ```