When Melania Trump plagiarizes Michelle Obama
VIDEO - Two passages of the intervention of the wife of the candidate for the White House, Monday evening in Cleveland, are almost identical to the speech given by Michelle Obama at the Democratic convention, eight years ago.
Monday evening, at the end of the first day of the Republican Party convention, meeting in Cleveland, Melania Trump made an effort, in a well-received speech, to present her husband as a unifier. But another element of his intervention marked observers. At least two passages resembled Michelle Obama's text almost word for word at the 2008 Democratic convention.
“My parents instilled in me the values according to which you have to work hard to get what you want in life, that a word is a commitment, that you do what you say, that we keep our promise and treat people with respect, ”said Melania Trump. “They taught me to display values and morals in my everyday life. This is the lesson that I will pass on to our son, ”she added. "And we need to pass these lessons on to the many generations to come because we want our children to know that in this nation, the only limit on success is the strength of their dreams and their willingness to make sure. that they come true, ”she said.
"I wrote it, with a little help"
These few paragraphs, taken from the speech of about a quarter of an hour, closely resemble the words used in 2008 by Michelle Obama during the inauguration of her husband, Barack Obama. “Barack and I were brought up to respect so many similar values: you have to work hard to get what you expect from life, that a word is a commitment, that you do what you said, that we keep our promise and that we treat people with dignity and respect, even when you do not know them and even if you do not agree with them, ”said Michelle Obama at the time. “Barack and I want to pass these values on to future generations,” she added. "Because we want our children to know that in this nation the only limit on success is the scale of their dreams and their willingness to make them come true."
Trump's campaign team rejects plagiarism accusations
"While writing her beautiful speech, the Melania team took notes on the sources of inspiration in her life, and in some cases included fragments reflecting her own thought", reacted in the night Jason Miller, member of the candidate's communications team, in an ambiguous statement, without admitting plagiarism. "Melania's immigration experience and her love for America fueled her speech, which ensured her success." On Tuesday morning, Trump's campaign team got more aggressive in denouncing accusations of plagiarism. "To think that she could have done this kind of thing knowing very well how closely her speech would be scrutinized is precisely really absurd", reacted Donald Trump's campaign director Paul Manafort, on CNN, recalling that she was speaking in front of millions of people.
Before delivering her speech, Melania Trump told NBC: "I wrote it, with a little help."
