Seeing Malia Obama Join Protesters At Dakota Access Pipeline Is Dope AF

It hasn’t even been 30 days since the Obamas left the White House, and America can already tell that life here in the U.S. may never be the same again. After leaving Washington, the Obama’s went on a much-deserved family vacation in the British Virgin Isles, but one Obama decided to ditch family fun time and set her sights on something much more pressing.

Malia, Barack Obama’s oldest daughter, left her family to join protesters at a Dakota Access Pipeline protest The Sundance Film Festival on Friday. According to The Hill, protesters were amazed to see Obama join in, actress Shailene Woodley stated:

“It was amazing to see Malia, to witness a human being and a woman coming in to her own outside of her family and outside of the attachments that this country has on her, but someone who’s willing to participate in democracy because she chooses to, because she recognizes, regardless of her last name, that if she doesn’t participate in democracy, there will be no world for her future children.”

Under Barack Obama, the Dakota Access Pipeline’s construction was halted when protester voiced concerns about oil spills and affecting the natural water supply and tribal rights of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. This past week Trump issued an executive order reversing the halt and advancing the construction of the pipeline.

Seeing Malia participate in the pipeline protest gives us all hope. It let’s us know that her father’s time in the oval office was not in vain. Malia’s time in Washington has clearly made an impact on her life. We look forward to seeing the influence Malia Obama will make on the future of the United States.