While we all knew the Republican National Convention would produce several interesting headlines, no one could’ve predicted “Melania Trump Plagiarizes Michelle Obama Speech” being one of them. And yet, here we are!
As previously reported, the potential future first lady was caught shamelessly lifting, word-for-word, a good-sized portion of Michelle Obama’s 2008 Democratic National Convention speech and mixing it with her own RNC address Monday night.
.@MikeHearn put Melania and Michelleβs convention speeches side-by-side pic.twitter.com/nFknidrWTf
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) July 19, 2016
Of course, a ‘yuge flub such as Melania’s copy-and-paste action didn’t go unnoticed by social media, specifically Jesse Williams, who quickly attributed Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a woman” to the Slovenian beauty queen while using the hashtag #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes. And it was on from there as everyone else started sourcing Melania Trump as the brains behind other famous quotes and speeches. Everything from song lyrics to classic one-liners to Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg address to Maya Angelou’s “Phenomenal Woman” to Neil Armstrong’s “One Small Step for Man” all came from the mind and pen of Melania Trump, guys. Easiest history lesson ever? Easiest history lesson ever.
"Ain't I a woman?" #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes #RNCinCLE
— jesse Williams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016
"I have had it with these mothahfuckin' snakes on this mothahfuckin' plane" #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— Anna Kendrick (@AnnaKendrick47) July 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/XavierDLeau/status/755353992092344320
The keyboard used to write her speech #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes ππ pic.twitter.com/IBcE8Slb6H
— Sebastian Cevallos (@SebCevallos) July 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/beauty_jackson/status/755350887447531520
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: marry rich. #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— Ian Power (@IHPower) July 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/WaladShami/status/755313858433069056
https://twitter.com/ijwarren/status/755298695365664768
#FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation.."
— JackΓ©e Harry (@JackeeHarry) July 19, 2016
I AM CAIT #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes pic.twitter.com/kCKWIlm7fX
— Elaine Hendrix β (@elaine4animals) July 19, 2016
"And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids!"#FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes pic.twitter.com/yAqtjSVucH
— ππππππππΉ π’πΆπ π’ππ (@CGGuy44) July 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/edsbs/status/755369200768651264
https://twitter.com/Parker9_/status/755290229456510976
https://twitter.com/BobbyBigWheel/status/755368008072171520
Yippee Kay Yay Mother F*cker #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— Rumer Willis (@TheRue) July 19, 2016
This probably won’t do much to derail Trump’s campaign. Like Chris Christie said, it’s not really plagiarism when Melania only swiped 7 percent of Michelle Obama’s speech. I’m pretty sure he’s right.
Christie: only 7% of her speech was the same. https://t.co/ah3ZXelmQj
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) July 19, 2016