{"id":32097,"date":"2016-07-18T22:49:53","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T05:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32097"},"modified":"2016-07-18T23:19:01","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T06:19:01","slug":"melania-trumps-rnc-speech-was-blatantly-plagiarized-from-michelle-obamas-2008-dnc-speech-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32097","title":{"rendered":"Melania Trump’s RNC Speech Was Blatantly Plagiarized From Michelle Obama’s 2008 DNC Speech (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the first day of the Republican National Convention there was plenty of drama and controversy to roil the Trump campaign. A vote on the convention rules blew up with many delegates disgusted by the Trump team’s bullying tactics. Some early speakers took harsh and negative tones that were contrary to the theme of unity and inclusion.<\/p>\n

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But the most striking misstep came when Donald Trump’s wife Melania delivered a speech that contained several passages that were obviously plagiarized from the speech that Michelle Obama gave at the Democratic National Convention in 2008. This rhetorical larceny was first noticed by by Jarrett Hill<\/a><\/strong> on Twitter. Here are some of the nearly identical phrases that appeared in both speeches:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values: that you work hard for what you want in life; that your word is your bond and you do what you say you’re going to do; that you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don’t know them, and even if you don’t agree with them. And Barack and I set out to build lives guided by these values, and pass them on to the next generation.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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From a young age, my parents impressed on me the values that you work hard for what you want in life: that your word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise; that you treat people with respect. They taught and showed me values and morals in their daily life. That is a lesson that I continue to pass along to our son, and we need to pass those lessons on to the many generation to follow.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The similarities here are too close and too numerous not to be recognized as deliberate theft. And the fact that Melania was allowed to go out on stage to deliver that speech is an indictment of the entire Trump operation. Surely she did not write the speech. But it was written by people on Trump’s staff who were trusted enough to put his wife’s fate in their hands. And it had to have been reviewed by by everyone from Trump’s communications managers to Trump himself.<\/p>\n

This is going to be tough to explain away. And it will be an indelible stain at the worst possible time for a convention – on the opening night. It’s just downhill from here.<\/p>\n

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