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Michelle Obama and History ArchivesHillary Clinton will — finally — be together on stage for a rally for the first time this campaign on Thursday in North Carolina.

The event will be Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. local time in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a state where, according to current projections, Clinton has an edge over Trump with Election Day just two weeks away.

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If the news that this is only their first event together seems a bit confusing, maybe that's because of how incredibly effective the First Lady has been on the stump for Clinton so far.

At the Democratic National Convention in July, Obama gave a rousing speech, endorsing Clinton and sharing the phrase that's become a rallying cry for Dems in a rough, crude campaign: "When they go low, we go high!"

And, in an appearance on behalf of Clinton in New Hampshire two weeks ago, Obama gave a moving speech attacking Trump's crude rhetoric and behavior toward women and giving Clinton another passionate endorsement.

A Clinton win in North Carolina would be something of an upset for the Democrat as the state has only gone to a Democrat twice in the last 40 years: in 2008 for Barack Obama by a razor-thin margin, and in 1976 when it went to Georgia governor Jimmy Carter.

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