“I know her. There’s no way that Melania Trump was plagiarising Michelle Obama’s speech”, he said.
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In a statement, Babcock said the Republican National Committee misinterpreted state party rules.
“Donald Trump told me, ‘Rob, I’ll go where you want me to go, ‘” Gleason said.
Trump’s campaign has been marked by frequent controversy over his rhetoric on Muslims, Hispanics, illegal immigration and trade, alarming many in the Republican establishment.
Speaking to reporters on the convention floor, Trump Jr. said he was proud of Mrs. Trump’s speech, but said he imagined there were people “who should have cleaned it up better”. The party is trying to turn attention to its formal declaration of Trump as its presidential nominee on Tuesday night. “When Johnson became a Democrat he couldn’t get enough Democratic votes”, former La Marque, Texas Mayor Geraldine Sam told NBCBLK on her way to the convention floor. Trump will close the convention with an acceptance speech Thursday night.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a former federal prosecutor, laid out an aggressive case against Clinton, asking the crowd to weigh in on her leadership on the Islamic State group, China, and an al-Qaida-linked group in Nigeria. The speechwriters were reviewing old speeches for thematic ideas, they found something in Michelle O’s 2008 speech that they liked, they copy/pasted it, and then they forgot that they’d never reworked her lines into something more original.
“And this concept that Michelle Obama invented the English language is absurd”, Pierson said.
“Because we want our children in this nation to know that the only limit to your achievements is the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them”, said Ms Trump on Monday night. “What she did is use words that are common words”. Lewandowski said whoever wrote the speech should be fired. The Nielsen company said Colbert beat rivals Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel in preliminary overnight ratings for the first time since February, the day after the Grammys.
Trump’s transition advisers fear that Obama may convert these appointees to civil servants, who have more job security than officials who have been politically appointed. Her speech and demeanour were absolutely incredible.
Party officials are hoping to use the four-day convention, which began on Monday, to smooth out some of his rough edges and present him as a job creator and a strong hand to combat security threats at home and overseas.
The self-inflicted controversy overshadowed a speech by Melania Trump, the billionaire’s third wife, that was effective in softening the tough-as- nails persona of a candidate who has split the Republican Party and divided the country in a vitriolic campaign. “My fellow conservatives, It’s time for us to come together”.
Republicans will be closely watching House Speaker Paul Ryan, who has endorsed Trump despite disagreeing with him on numerous issues. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Clinton has “a tortured relationship to the truth”. He will let them see a side of him they haven’t been able to see through the liberal media.
On Tuesday, under the headline “Make America Work Again”, speakers at Cleveland’s Quicken Loans basketball arena were meant to assail Democratic President Barack Obama’s record on the economy during his almost eight years in power.
Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort took a swipe at Clinton, saying there was a “political tint” to the fuss over the Melania Trump speech.
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He even tried to shift the blame on to Hillary Clinton.
