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Michelle Obama Gets Booed at NASCAR Race (Video)

Ugly

After she shows up to support veterans.

Updated Apr. 24, 2017 12:57PM ET / Published Nov. 21, 2011 7:00AM ET 

Alan Diaz / AP Photo

President Obama’s pollsters may want to write off “NASCAR dads” for 2012: First Lady Michelle Obama was booed at a NASCAR event Sunday, along with Dr. Jill Biden. The two had showed up at the Homestead-Miami Speedway to support Joining Forces, an initiative to hire veterans find work, but seemed less-than-welcome when they were introduced at the start of the race. However, the women received a standing ovation at the earlier pre-race drivers’ meeting, according to the Associated Press.

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