People all over the internet are blasting Melania Trump for her speech this week at the Republican National Convention, claiming that she took whole paragraphs from Michelle Obama’s 2008 speech at the Democratic National Convention.
The “similarities” were originally noticed by Jarret Hill, a journalist with Huffington Post:
OMG. Melania. That was literally a whole line from Michelle Obama 2012.
“…their willingness to work hard for them.””#GOPConvention
— Jarrett Hill (@JarrettHill) July 19, 2016
CORRECTION: Melania stole a whole graph from Michelle’s speech. #GOPConvention
WATCH: https://t.co/8BCOwXAHSy pic.twitter.com/zudpDznGng— Jarrett Hill (@JarrettHill) July 19, 2016
It wasn’t long before several other people pointed out the nearly identical parts via Twitter as well:
The similarities between Michelle Obama’s 2008 DNC speech & Melania Trump’s #RNCinCLE. First noticed by @JarrettHill pic.twitter.com/yGpN9aJi1z
— Javier Panzar (@jpanzar) July 19, 2016
More on the similarities between Melania Trump’s speech & Michelle Obama’s speech https://t.co/DsKbqBaV2e pic.twitter.com/Y5ldYzkxLm
— Javier Panzar (@jpanzar) July 19, 2016
Find 10 differences: Melania #Trump echoes Michelle Obama’s 2008 convention speech https://t.co/v9wUz6HXvn pic.twitter.com/ViYmdYRAZV
— RT America (@RT_America) July 19, 2016
“Dude, even Vanilla Ice changed the beat just a little.” ???????????? #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes pic.twitter.com/60KlH0oa1N
— Ghazala Irshad (@ghazalairshad) July 19, 2016
Melania Told NBC news she wrote the speech with “as little help as possible.”
VIDEO: Melania Trump told NBC’s Matt Lauer before the speech: “I wrote it…with a little help as possible.” https://t.co/MZraa04Goj
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) July 19, 2016
Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s campaign manager blames Hillary Clinton for the entire situation, stating:
“When Hillary Clinton is threatened by a female, the first thing she does is try to destroy the person.”
Paul Manafort dismisses criticism of Melania speech, says it’s what happens when Clinton “is threatened by a female” https://t.co/yHDg5uiGzK
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) July 19, 2016
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