https://twitter.com/jaycaruso/status/755353771442577413
Oh, boy.
After giving what many thought was a great speech on the opening day of the GOP convention, Melania Trump is under fire this morning as portions of what she said last night were quite similar to Michelle Obama’s convention speech in 2008.
Here are the two speeches side-by-side … your thoughts?
Melania Trump 2016 RNC speech vs. Michelle Obama 2008 DNC speech https://t.co/sS2ERxyI9x
— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) July 19, 2016
Team Trump admitted in a press release last night that Melania’s “team of writers” used “fragments” from other speeches to craft her “beautiful speech”:
https://twitter.com/sopandeb/status/755279641154297856
But earlier, Melania said that she wrote the speech herself:
https://twitter.com/sopandeb/status/755259465520250881
https://twitter.com/sopandeb/status/755279965218897920
Trump supporter Jeffrey Lord downplayed the issue saying on CNN early this morning saying, “this is not Benghazi.”
https://twitter.com/sopandeb/status/755260368574873600
But Bloomberg’s Mark Halperin thinks it’s a big deal and went as far as to suggest Donald Trump should fire someone over it:
.@MarkHalperin on Melania Trump's speech reax: Trump campaign has to fire someone 'to take the onus off of her' https://t.co/3MFvSAbSr6
— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) July 19, 2016
But it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen. Paul Manafort denied that there was any plagiarism and blamed Hillary Clinton for trying to take down a strong woman:
Just talked to Paul Manafort. He says there was no plagiarism, the lines from Melania Trump's speech weren't lifted.
— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) July 19, 2016
Manafort on @CNN: "This is once again an example of how when a woman threatens Hillary Clinton, she tries to demean her and take her down."
— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) July 19, 2016
Paul Manafort denies that Melania Trump's #GOPConvention speech plagiarizes Michelle Obama's https://t.co/FFlZvMJgae https://t.co/4GaqP71gd6
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 19, 2016
***
Join the conversation as a VIP Member