Convention Gop, storm over Melania Trump: "She copied Michelle Obama's speech"
The aspiring First Lady accused of plagiarism and the subject of irony on social media. The collaborators deny the accusations, but according to some sources, the husband went on a rampage against the staff. The Huffington Post: "Her biography lies about her: she never graduated"
Everyone has noticed that some passages of Melania Trump's speech, yesterday at the Cleveland convention, seemed to be taken on an equal footing from that of Michelle Obama in Denver in 2008. And so the first controversy of the Republicans was ignited on the aspiring First Lady of the Republicans. 'meeting that has also left its mark in the Trump house beyond the official statements. The videos of the two speeches compared leave no doubt, but the billionaire's staff dubbed the allegations of plagiarism as "absurd" and while the irony rages on social media, sources close to the real estate magnate describe him infuriated with his staff for having exposed his wife to the incredible gaffe.
This is what sources at CNN reveal, while the blame game has begun among the collaborators of the Republican candidate regarding the responsibility for the revision of the speech. The usual sources have pointed to Rick Gates, the deputy to campaign manager Paul Manafort, as the person who was given the responsibility of following the writing of Melania's speech. Silence instead from the White House.
Everyone noticed it, it was said, but someone noticed it first: it was an unemployed journalist, who was not even accredited at the Republican convention, who revealed the strong similarities between the two speeches. Newly fired TV reporter, 31-year-old African American Jarrett Hill sat in front of his computer at a Los Angeles Starbuck table and was following Trump as he checked Twitter and Facebook, when he noticed the phrase "the power of dreams" that reminded him of the Michelle's speech. He looked for the "original" video and made the comparison, then his two tweets started: "Melania must have appreciated Michelle Obama's speech at the 2008 Convention because she copied it", and "Melania has stole an entire paragraph from Michelle's speech, "post to which he attached the original text.
"Give me back the speech", he jokes on Twitter with the photo of Michelle on the hashtag "Melania's famous phrases". The most literal quote is the one used by the aspiring First Lady to describe the values she was taught by her parents, that is to say that one must "work hard for what one wants in life, that promises must be kept," that we must do what we say and we must treat people with respect ", as well as the importance of passing on these values" to future generations because we want our children to know that the limit to our goals is represented by the strength of our dreams and the will to make them come true ".
Melania Trump copied from Michelle Obama. Social irony: "Bring back my speech"
Social do not forgive. Melania Trump, wife of Republican candidate Donald, is well aware of this, who after her speech in support of her husband during the Cleveland convention finds herself at the center of a media storm. In fact, some did not miss the similarity of some sentences uttered by Melania to those of first lady Michelle in 2008 during the Democratic convention in Denver. So on Twitter with the hashtag #famousmelaniatrumpquotes (the famous phrases of Melania Trump) users posted images and photomontages to underline Mrs Trump's embarrassing oversight.
Among other things, Mrs. Trump had declared that she had written the speech personally and yesterday after the gaffe they tried to patch up this 'hole' too. "Melania and her team took notes on the sources of inspiration in her life, including, in some cases, her thoughts," spokesman Jason Miller tried to explain, suggesting that she was not the author. . "It was an honor to introduce my wife - Donald Trump commented on Twitter on the wave of controversy - her speech and her attitude were formidable". But even in the Gop house, many have turned up their noses: the head of the Republican National Committee said that, being in a similar situation, he would have already "fired" those who had written the speech.
Is the degree fake? - But the accusations of plagiarism are not the only tile that has fallen on the former Slovenian model. According to the Huffington Post USA, Melania Trump lied about her graduation. Citing two Slovenian journalists who wrote the biography of the wife of the New York brick magnate, the site reveals that Melania, despite what is publicly said, never completed her university studies. Instead, she would have abandoned them in the first year.
The official biography 'Melania Trump, my World', in particular, relates that Ms. Krauss (the maiden surname of the tycoon's wife) began modeling at 16, a career that only became full-time after degree in Design and Architecture from the University of Slovenia. The Huffington post writes instead that the degree never happened, because Melania would actually have stopped her studies when she was just a freshman. Also according to the site, the new revelation about Mrs. Trump raises questions about other possible 'lies' around the figure of the aspiring first lady.
