Michelle Obama does not think Democrats should stop being civilians

Former first lady Michelle Obama said Democrats should not adopt a strategy to sow fear among their opponents. She still believes in taking the high road.

"Fear is not an appropriate motivator," Obama said Thursday. "Hope wins."

Obama told NBC channel Savannah Guthrie that the lesson we want to teach our children is coming back to the fore.

"Do you want them to be afraid of their neighbors?" Said the former first lady. "Do you want them to be angry? Do you want them to be vengeful?

Obama was answering a question about what she thought was recent comments from former Attorney General Eric Holder and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

While campaigning for Georgia's governing candidate, Stacey Abrams, earlier this month, Holder presented the crowd with a more inflamed version of Obama's famous political mantra, "When They Go Down we are going high. "

"No, when they go down, we kick them," Holder said. "That's what this new Democratic Party is about."

Clinton expressed similar sentiments while talking to CNN's Christiane Amanpour this week.

"You can not be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you represent, which interests you," said Clinton. "If we have the chance to win back the House and the Senate, civility can start again."

Mr Holder reacted to criticisms made Thursday against his "critics", saying that he "clearly does not advocate violence", but that "Democrats must be tough, proud and defend values ". [they] believe in."