Ted Cruz will leave “no doubt” he wants Mr. Trump to be president in his address to the Republican National Convention, though he hadn’t yet seen Mr. Cruz’s planned remarks.
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Shortly after the speech the internet was flooded with alleged evidence of the plagiarism.
Paul Manafort, campaign manager to the soon-to-be- crowned Republican presidential nominee, argued it would be “absurd” for the would-be first lady to copy another speech in an address to 35 million people, given how heavily it was going to be scrutinised. But, whoever they were, the author, or authors, clearly missed an important grade-school lesson, teachers say. “Melania’s immigrant experience and love for America shone through in her speech, which made it such a success”.
Journalist Jarrett Hill noticed a particular paragraph in the speech which seems to have been copied verbatim from Michelle Obama’s speech.
“To me the measure of a parent is based on how they support and bolster you when you are down”, said Tiffany Trump, who grew up in Georgia with her mother Marla Maples, her father’s second wife.
The state-by-state vote to put Trump’s name in nomination took place a day after opponents staged a failed attempt to force a vote opposing his candidacy, and after a speech by his wife, Melania, drew accusations of plagiarism.
There is no end to the ironies that go with Melania Trump lifting Michelle Obama’s thoughts on values like honesty, hard work and especially respect (and dignity) for others even if you don’t know or agree with them.
“And Barack and I set out to build lives guided by these values, and pass them on to the next generation. Together we have achieved historic results”.
Meanwhile, initial reports were that Donald Trump Jr. appeared to have done something similar in his speech on Tuesday night.
“This is once again an example of when a woman threatens Hillary Clinton, she seeks out to demean her and take her down”. “It’s not going to work”.
In further fallout from the speech, British rock band Queen complained that the Republicans did not have authorisation to use its 1977 anthem We Are The Champions, which convention organizers played before Melania Trump took to the stage.
Police broke up scuffles between groups of demonstrators a few blocks from the Republican National Convention as crowds in the hundreds gathered Tuesday afternoon.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, two other former 2016 GOP presidential candidates, spoke Tuesday evening. “United we stand, divided we fall”, said Johnny McMahan, a Trump delegate from Arkansas.
Kera Birkeland, a delegate from Utah, said she was confronted by two women in the bathroom at the Quicken Loans Arena Monday night. “They screwed up the first night”.
Earlier in the day, in an interview with Matt Lauer on MSNBC, Melania said she wrote her own speech, with “as little help as possible”.
Republicans formally chose Donald Trump as the party’s presidential nominee, a landmark moment in American politics and a stunning victory for a man whose White House ambitions were once openly mocked.
Spicer called it “sad” that “the world introduction” of Melania Trump has been marred by the Clinton campaign.
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Gleason’s boldest words, though, were directed at former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, the son and brother of the former presidents, who ran unsuccessfully in this year’s GOP presidential primary.
