And there goes the final shred of Chris Christie's dignity.
I mean, there was only like, that one shred. https://t.co/YHvEXPndie
— Maggie Hendricks (@maggiehendricks) July 19, 2016
Gov. Chris Chrisite was on the “Today” show this morning defending Melania Trump from plagiarism allegations suggesting that it’s not plagiarism because only 7% of the speech was similar to Michelle Obama’s speech in 2008:
Plagiarism?
"Not when 93% of the speech is completely different than Michelle Obama’s speech." –@GovChristie https://t.co/C280sUME33— TODAY (@TODAYshow) July 19, 2016
Well, that’s some interesting spin … and ridiculous:
Oh, only 7% of it was stolen? Never mind then. https://t.co/ldZML9bkNc
— Craig Needles (@NeedlesOnNews) July 19, 2016
this is not how you do it. https://t.co/Wz3QtZVuPG
— Daniel Gross (@grossdm) July 19, 2016
Chris Christie says she only plagiarized 7%. That's what we call damning someone with faint praise. https://t.co/TMGVOQelGr
— katie rosman (@katierosman) July 19, 2016
Gov. Chris Christie: It's ok to copy up to 7% of someone else's work. Students writing papers be like ???? https://t.co/YGuhMl5tfb
— Jessica Oh (@JessicaKIRO7) July 19, 2016
And back in 2014, Christie sang a different tune and nuked Gov. Scott Walker’s opponent in the gubernatorial election, Mary Burke, after it was discovered an aid plagiarized parts of her economic plan from other candidates:
"I don't think they were teaching plagiarism at Harvard Business School" – Christie at Scott Walker event, referring to Mary Burke campaign
— Ashley Killough (@KilloughCNN) September 29, 2014
More from CNN where Christie said we “shouldn’t trust” anything from Burke because of the plagiarism:
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie blasted Democrat Mary Burke on Monday, saying the Wisconsin gubernatorial hopeful can’t be trusted after her campaign hired a political consultant who appeared to plagiarize parts of her job plan from other candidates.“I don’t think they were teaching plagiarism at Harvard Business School. I don’t think they were teaching you to cut and paste other peoples’ work and call it your own,” Christie said at an event for Republican Gov. Scott Walker in Hudson, Wisconsin.Burke, a former Trek Bicycle executive who has a business degree from Harvard, fired consultant Eric Schnurer earlier this month after BuzzFeed reported that portions of her jobs plan were apparently plagiarized from former candidates in other states.“If you can’t trust her honesty and her integrity when she tells you that this is her plan, why would you trust her honesty and integrity on anything else she tells you about what she’ll do for Wisconsin or about Scott’s record?” Christie said. “You shouldn’t trust any of it.”