In addition to working with the State Department and supporting her ex-husband's career in public service, Michelle Kwan has also done a lot of political work behind the scenes. In 2016, she began working for then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's campaign, even running a phone bank for the former secretary of state.
Kwan's title for the campaign was "surrogate outreach coordinator," which essentially meant that she was on hand to help bring in other celebrity voices to support Clinton's bid for the White House. "There was no way that I could sit on the sidelines and watch it without getting involved. It was a very quick decision," she told New York Magazine. Kwan added that, for her, supporting Clinton was a no-brainer, given her family's own immigrant history. "Every day I'm reminded about my personal story, about what's at stake in these elections. I think of my parents, and as I look around the room, we probably share similar stories, of how our parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents might have immigrated to the U.S.," she said. "It's so the next generation of Americans have the ability to dream that dream."
Alas, Clinton was not successful in winning the 2016 race, and two years later, Kwan was still not ready to publicly discuss the loss. She told Mic simply, "Let's not talk about that. I don't think there would be enough time to talk about that."
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