Michelle Obama
and
Jennifer Lopez
joined on an
Instagram Live
to emphasize the importance of voting and the impact it has on their children's future.
The former first lady and the singer chatted via social media as part of the
Registered and Ready Instagram Takeover
, a one-day event organized by National Voter Registration Day and When We All Vot.
During the first conversation of the day Obama and JLo, who wore a sweater with the legend
She Who Dares Wins
, emphasized the change of government in the United States which runs the risk of not happening if people do not go out to vote.
"In this last election, when this president [
Donald Trump
] was elected, the margin of difference in vote per district in several key states was five votes per district," said Michelle.
"So anyone who thinks their vote doesn't matter, that was the difference in who the president is now," he added.
Instagram / @ jlo
"As parents, just think about what could happen if we don't change this president, think about the world we are going to leave to our children. They don't deserve it, we have raised them to be more open, critical, compassionate, tolerant and now they don't we are seeing those values being applied, "he continued.
"And those are decisions that we make, so we have a responsibility to go out and vote for leaders who give our children the country they deserve," said Obama, who serves as co-chair of When We All Vote.
In the conversation that lasted 15 minutes, JLo mentioned the impact of the vote of the Latino community in the US, as well as the difference that 5 votes can make in determining the final decision.
"We have to understand that five votes can make a difference, it is not true that your vote is not important, so go out and vote, otherwise this may affect us all for the next four or maybe eight years",
"For the Latino community, we are almost 32 million, I could have those wrong numbers, but I know we are many," said the 51-year-old interpreter.
"I know that if each and every one of us went out to vote, we could decide who is the next president," he added.
In the same way, JLo and Michelle took the opportunity to pay tribute to
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
, magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice of the United States and defender of gender equality, who died on September 18 at the age of 87.
"Barack and I had the privilege of calling her a friend," Michelle said.
"We had dinner with her and her husband, we saw her almost every vacation, the just and amazing strength of a woman. I have always been moved by her story of how she had a family, raised a family and then went back to law school and faced a level of discrimination, "he continued.
"To think about how far she had to go and how hard she fought to make sure that we had the rights we deserve AND to protect our interests as women. We have lost a true champion and it hurts," she concluded.
In these elections, Hispanics will be, for the first time, the largest ethnic minority eligible to vote.
Let's make this unique opportunity our drive to participate and make history.
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