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Michelle Officiates Wedding – No, This Isn’t Satire

What does the former First Lady do when she’s not ‘ashamed of America’ or hawking her latest book? Officiating weddings.

Yeah, we thought it was weird, too.

But here it is, as the saying goes, ‘large as life, and twice as ugly’.

On Sunday January 21, Remus and Holmgren said I do in front of their family, friends, and, oh yeah, Obama at District Winery in Washington, D.C., according to Washingtonian. We’ve heard of celebrities officiating weddings before (we’re looking at you Kris Jenner, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Anna Farris), but this presidential officiant certainly takes the [wedding] cake.
The newlyweds decided to ask their boss—Remus is the general counsel for the Obama Foundation and Obama’s personal office, while Holmgren is the former special assistant to the President and the senior director for intelligence programs on the National Security Council Staff—if he could spare some time from his retirement to take part in their big day.
Source: Brides

See for yourself:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BeTgKrwA4FL/?utm_source=ig_embed

Is anyone else wondering what we are wondering?

By what authority is she officiating this wedding?

She’s not a captain on a ship, so it isn’t anything like that.

Is it her Church? After 20 years, or however long, in Jeremiah Wright’s church, they paid so little attention to the sermon that they were shocked — SHOCKED! — to discover he was a flaming racist. Is she ordained through his church? Seems unlikely.

It isn’t even reasonable to assume that the wife of former President is suddenly bestowed with the ability to solemnize marriages.

Michelle isn’t a judge either State or Federal, the Cook County Circuit Clerk, or (as far as we are aware) a religious officiant.

According to Illinois law, that means that this marriage could be invalid.

Maybe somebody out there knows why celebrities are now conducting weddings because I’ve got no answers.

Rather than leave you with that mental image, here’s a palate cleanser for you:

Wes Walker

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