--- title: The Internet Wants Michelle Obama to Run for 2020 President description: Twitter users are announcing their support for candidates who could potentially run for president in 2020 — including Michelle Obama. canonical: https://time.com/4564303/internet-wants-michelle-obama-president-2020/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-09T18:05:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:32.313Z og:title: The Internet Wants Michelle Obama to Run for President in 2020 og:description: The hashtag #Michelle2020 has begun trending og:url: https://time.com/4564303/internet-wants-michelle-obama-president-2020/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae7903f6a463bd8f/6988adc3524fc0bfe2dfa2cd/michelle-obama-president.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-VOTE-DEMOCRATS-CLINTON og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Wants Michelle Obama to Run for President in 2020 twitter:description: The hashtag #Michelle2020 has begun trending twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae7903f6a463bd8f/6988adc3524fc0bfe2dfa2cd/michelle-obama-president.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Really, Really Wants Michelle Obama to Run for President in 2020  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 9, 2016 6:05 PM UTC  US First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Durham, New Hampshire, on November 7, 2016. US First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Durham, New Hampshire, on November 7, 2016.NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 9, 2016 6:05 PM UTC After [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4564143/hillary-clinton-concession-speech/) was [defeated by Donald Trump](http://time.com/4563879/donald-trump-president-reactions-world-leaders/) in the [biggest upset of U.S. election history](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/election-results-2016-clinton-trump-231070) early Wednesday morning, the Internet was awash with reactions to the largely unanticipated outcome. But while many took to social media to either celebrate or lament the night’s results, some began to look ahead four years, announcing their support for candidates who could potentially run for the nation’s highest office in 2020 — including Michelle Obama. The current First Lady has become one of the most popular political figures in recent history over the course of her husband’s Oval Office tenure, so it’s no surprise that her fans are already advocating for her return to the White House (despite the fact that [President Obama has ruled this possibility out](http://time.com/4549148/president-obama-michelle-obama-wont-run-for-office/)). See some of the pleas for [#Michelle2020](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Michelle2020?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) to become a reality below. > [](https://twitter.com/akosiicko/status/796266635598307328) > [](https://twitter.com/ZabinskiJulie/status/796317825698791424) > [](https://twitter.com/bustanutdoung/status/796177658576936960) > [](https://twitter.com/ERICBALFOUR/status/796246924282109952) > [](https://twitter.com/TamiRoman/status/796188583262494724) > [](https://twitter.com/AmyLee%5Fthirty3/status/796360583318736896) > [](https://twitter.com/%5Fshimmers%5F/status/796370227349127168) > [](https://twitter.com/LivMawby/status/796266936413941761) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4564303/internet-wants-michelle-obama-president-2020/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4564303/internet-wants-michelle-obama-president-2020/"},"headline":"The Internet Really, Really Wants Michelle Obama to Run for President in 2020","datePublished":"2016-11-09T18:05:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:32.313Z","description":"The hashtag #Michelle2020 has begun trending","url":"https://time.com/4564303/internet-wants-michelle-obama-president-2020/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","Michelle Obama","2020 Election","presidential candidates"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae7903f6a463bd8f/6988adc3524fc0bfe2dfa2cd/michelle-obama-president.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae7903f6a463bd8f/6988adc3524fc0bfe2dfa2cd/michelle-obama-president.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-VOTE-DEMOCRATS-CLINTON","caption":"US First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Durham, New Hampshire, on November 7, 2016.","creditText":"NICHOLAS KAMM/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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4564303/internet-wants-michelle-obama-president-2020/","name":"The Internet Really, Really Wants Michelle Obama to Run for President in 2020"}}]}] ```