Of course the crowd cheered this impeccably manicured beauty who looked like she had just stepped down off an enormous wedding cake … or her husband’s private 757.
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“In the old days – I’m from Cleveland – in the old days if they spat in your face and the whole time they want to kick you in the face? He will never give up and most importantly, he will never let you down”.
Was it that guy Melania was speaking about in her beguiling Slovenian accent?
“In writing her handsome speech, Melania’s team of writers took notes on her life’s inspirations, and in some instances included fragments that reflected her own thinking”, Trump spokesman Jason Miller said. “I will use that wonderful privilege to try to help people in our country who need it the most”, she said, describing helping children and women as “one of the many causes dear to my heart”.
But she also seemed to attempt to broaden her husband’s appeal to voters after scores of speakers took the stage and spoke on Clinton, the Benghazi attacks, illegal immigration, and police shootings.
There was be an emphasis on the personal, a window into the personality of the presumptive Republican nominee. Melania Trump, until now only a minor presence on the campaign trail, found herself in the midst of an embarrassing plagiarism controversy today after a prime-time defence of her husband Donald that appeared to be lifted in part from a speech given by Michelle Obama.
“No more room for small thinking”, she continued. She is something of a reluctant campaign spouse – preferring to stand by her man, but only making rare, brief cameras at the podium herself.
Trump’s eldest daughter, Ivanka, often steps into fill that role.
Willie Robertson, star of TV show Duck Dynasty, speaks at the Republican National Convention. And that speech clocked in at a mere ninety seconds.
“I think the prevailing mood this year is that Hillary has to be stopped or you’re not going to put the toothpaste back in the tube”, said Brent Bozell, a conservative leader and vocal critic of Trump’s in the past.
Three other Trump children, Donald Jr., Eric and Tiffany, are also slated to deliver speeches at the convention this week. At age 16, she took modeling jobs in Milan and Paris. Her voice carries real weight with a candidate known for his tight inner circle in which his family members are treated as his closest advisers.
Trump said in “certain instances” the group is a “fuse-lighter in the assassinations” of police officers.
All told, the first day of the RNC ended up being fairly tame, according to figures released by city officials this evening. “So here’s my best pollster”. He’s an adult. He knows the consequences.
“In writing her attractive speech, Melania’s team of writers took notes on her life’s inspirations, and in some instances included fragments that reflected her own thinking”, writes Jason Miller, the campaign’s senior communications adviser.
Trump became known during the primary elections for his stream-of-consciousness addresses, but after that simple statement to the crowd Monday he introduced his wife, Melania, and stepped aside as “We Are the Champions” blared through the hall.
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But she’s not a political spouses who’s constantly weighing in. Two years later, she met her future husband at a party in Manhattan.
