MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell complained that conservative bloggers erroneously reported that First Lady Michelle Obama described the White House as a “really nice prison,” during a discussion with First Lady Laura Bush moderated by journalist Cokie Roberts.
NBC’s David Gregory played Michelle Obama’s comment during a roundtable discussion on “Meet the Press” on Sunday.
Mitchell defended Michelle Obama, reminding Gregory it was Roberts who brought up the idea that the White House could feel like a prison for a First Lady.
The First Lady, Mitchell argued, was actually “giving some serious thought to how it’s such a privilege to be First Lady.”
“And, of course, the, you know, blogosphere — the conservative blogosphere — took off on Michelle Obama describing is it as a prison, which is not what she did,” Mitchell continued.
See Michelle Obama’s full quote from the event below:
MS. ROBERTS: No state prisoner?
MRS. OBAMA: No, there are prison elements to it. But it’s a really nice prison, so –
MRS. BUSH: But with a chef.
MRS. OBAMA: You can’t complain. But there is definitely elements that are confining.
