The Michigan delegation delayed announcing its vote total so that Trump’s home state of NY could put the nominee over the top.
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This week’s four-day convention is Mr Trump’s highest-profile opportunity to convince voters that he is better suited for the presidency than Hillary Clinton, who will be officially nominated at next week’s Democratic gathering.
The plagiarism accusations centre on Monday night’s speech by Mr Trump’s wife.
It took two days, but Donald Trump’s presidential campaign on Wednesday acknowledged cribbing from First Lady Michelle Obama’s speech – unintentionally, the campaign said – when writing Melania Trump’s own speech.
This, after unwelcome attention over a loud if short-lived protest on opening day over convention rules aimed at tamping down any remaining threat to Trump’s triumph.
The matter dominated news coverage from Cleveland, obscuring Mrs Trump’s broader effort to show her husband’s softer side.
Mrs Clinton pounced on the tumult, saying the Republican gathering had so far been “surreal”, comparing it to the classic fantasy film Wizard Of Oz.
She offered her resignation to Donald Trump and the Trump family, but they rejected it. But F.H. Buckley, the writer behind the original work in question this time – an article in The American Conservative – said he was a principal speechwriter for the younger Trump and said the campaign did nothing wrong.
“I wrote them down and later included some of the phrasing in the draft that ultimately became the final speech”, McIver wrote.
Although the nomination meant it was Mr Trump’s night, Mrs Clinton was frequently the focus inside the convention centre, while outside several protests erupted into skirmishes. Still, this is Pence’s big night; the IN governor is the headline speaker.
Trump, whose takeover of the Republican Party was formalized Tuesday night, has appeared at the convention every day thus far.
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“That’s how we feel”, he said. Cruz has not endorsed Trump, despite calls from conservatives to do so, and likely won’t, particularly with the possibility of a White House run in the next term.
