This story originally appeared on Michigan Advance. Former first lady Michelle Obama warned voters that women’s lives could become “collateral damage” to protest votes and low voter turnout, which she said will help former President Donald Trump in his bid to seek a second term in the White House.

At her first 2024 campaign stop, Michelle Obama issued a stark warning to men, emphasizing that the election could have life-or-death implications for women’s health. Speaking at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in Kalamazoo,

Michelle Obama at a rally in Kalamazoo, Michigan made an appeal to male voters. Obama said "Please do not put our lives in the hands of politicians, mostly men, who have no clue or do not care about what we as women are going through.