“In working with Melania Trump on her recent First Lady speech, we discussed many people who inspired her and messages she wanted to share with the American people”, writes McIver.
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Mrs. Trump’s address was otherwise distinct from the speech that Mrs. Obama gave when her husband was being nominated for president. When the interviewer asked if Democratic presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton should get the same wiggle room on her own Iraq vote when she was a USA senator, Trump said, “No”. The members of the GOP were ecstatic at finding a reincarnation of Jacqueline Kennedy in Melania Trump before a plagiarism storm threatened to engulf her hubby’s grand moment.
The roll call unfolded largely according to plan after a day dominated by unwelcome attention over passages from an eight-year-old Michelle Obama speech that made their way into Melania Trump’s address to the convention, nearly word for word, the night before.
“I wrote them down and later included some of the phrasing in the draft that ultimately became the final speech”, she said in a statement released by the Trump campaign.
Trump’s roller-coaster campaign defeated 16 rivals and steamrolled stubborn party opposition after being written off as a joke, the billlionaire having never held elected office.
The controversy erupted on social media Monday night after her speech as sharp-eyed viewers expressed outrage over the speech’s similarities to the one Mrs. Obama delivered at the 2008 Democratic convention.
She admitted that she did “not check Mrs. Obama’s speeches”.
Tiffany Trump speaks at the Republican National Convention. “It’s not necessarily a political event with Donald Trump“.
Trump planned to make a display of solidarity on Wednesday with his running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, a social conservative who is at odds with the NY businessman on many issues.
Imitating Donald Trump, Fallon added, “In fact, Michelle owes Melania an apology for building a time machine and stealing Melania’s best lines”.
But the following morning, the Trump campaign denied it was plagiarism.
Republican nominee Donald Trump arrived in Cleveland Wednesday afternoon with the flare that has been characteristic of his campaign. The Trump campaign claimed the image was actually a “sheriff’s star” but neglected to mention that white supremacists created the meme. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie implored delegates to shout “Guilty!” in response to various accusations of wrongdoing.
In the aftermath of the controversy over his wife’s speech, he tweeted that the publicity was good news as the speech “got more publicity than any in the history of politics”.
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“The Clinton years are way over”, said speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan, who hesitated to endorse Trump earlier this year: “2016 is the year America moves on”.
