American Presidential Candidate Donald Trump's camp is presently on its toes as his wife, Melania Trump delivered an unforgettable speech on Monday, the first night of the Republican National Convention about her husband Donald Trump. She is however being slammed across social media, CNN and more TV stations for having a similar portion of speech to first lady Michelle Obama’s Democratic convention speech in 2008.
The Republican nominee’s wife discussed the hard work instilled by her parents, treating people with respect, and wanting a better future for children — which were all similar points, almost said verbatim from Michelle Obama’s address.
The similarities were first pointed out by Jarrett Hill on Twitter.
Two former Obama staffers said the original author of the lines was Sarah Hurwitz, a former Obama campaign speechwriter who now works in the White House as a special assistant to the president.
Former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau said he had “no idea” how the blunder could have happened.
“A stray line or phrase could be a mistake. Two full paragraphs from the current first lady is just incomprehensible,” he said. “i can’t believe someone would do that to her.”
“Michelle’s head speechwriter, used to be hillary’s,” Favreau tweeted. “so the trump campaign plagiarized from a Hillary speechwriter.”
Donald Trump has previously attacked Vice President Joe Biden for, notoriously, plagiarizing a speech from a British politician in 1987.
“I’ve had a great record. I haven't been involved in Plagiarism", says Trump.
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