So, Why Wasn’t Sasha at Obama’s Farewell Address?

So, one of the things people were wondering during President Barack Obama’s farewell address tonight is — where was Sasha?

Yep, while he paid an emotional tribute to his wife and children from the stage, we only saw Malia sitting with her mom. Now, according to NBC News, Sasha is still enrolled in high school in DC, so it is possible that she had to stay back to make class. Because it is, after all, a school night

UPDATED 11:48 p.m. ET: According to Kenneth Moton of ABC News, that’s pretty much the reason:

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Over on Twitter, folks started asking where she was at:

Us trying to figure out where Sasha was: #ObamaFarewell pic.twitter.com/lAc3Oaso89

— HuffPost BlackVoices (@blackvoices) January 11, 2017

“OMG. Wait. That was TONIGHT?!” – Sasha

— Sam Sanders (@samsanders) January 11, 2017

Yo where is Sasha

— Vann R. Newkirk II (@fivefifths) January 11, 2017

where is Sasha tho? was she the designated survivor or something?

— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) January 11, 2017

“Sorry, plans.” – Sasha

— Caro (@socarolinesays) January 11, 2017

Why isn’t Sasha Obama at this speech? I’m just going to assume it’s because it’s a school night and Obama seems like that kind of Dad

— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) January 11, 2017

Sasha has a report tomorrow morning so she couldn’t be there.

— Broderick Greer (@BroderickGreer) January 11, 2017

If we find out definitely where Sasha was and why she wasn’t in Chicago tonight, we’ll update this post.

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