Melania Trump’s Cleveland RNC Speech Draws Praise, Controversy
By Ali Vitali. In a rare public-speaking appearance, Melania Trump made the case for her husband on the first night of his convention.
Her speech displayed Trump’s softer side, oft shielded and secret from the press that constantly follow him. And while her words did little to add to the image of the brash billionaire poised to officially become the Republican standard bearer, Monday’s speech painted a more vivid picture of the woman who stands by the that billionaire’s side.
Calling Trump determined and speaking about his perseverance in business, Melania’s vision of her husband added no new characteristics to the man who has dominated the 2016 presidential election with his off the cuff campaign style and say-anything reputation . . .
Where Trump still has the occasional barb for his former rivals, Melania shared praise for them — saying Monday “they deserve respect and gratitude from all of us.”
While Trump still grapples publicly with the finer tenets of his controversial Muslim ban, Melania’s speech was a rhetorical outreach to all religions and races on behalf of her husband. (Read more from “Melania Trump’s Cleveland RNC Speech Draws Praise, Controversy” HERE)
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Some of Melania Trump’s Speech at GOP Convention Similar to Michelle Obama Remarks
By Fox News. Melania Trump’s speech Monday to the Republican National Convention on Monday has come under fire as it appears that two of the passages are strikingly similar to the speech first lady Michelle Obama gave in 2008 at the Democratic National Convention.
The passages in question focus on lessons that Melania Trump, the wife of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, said she learned from her parents and the relevance of their lessons in her experience as a mother.
The remarks came toward the beginning of her speech, which was otherwise distinct from the address that Michelle Obama gave when her husband, then-Sen. Barack Obama, was being nominated for president.
“From a young age, my parents impressed on me the values that you work hard for what you want in life, that your word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise, that you treat people with respect. They taught and showed me values and morals in their daily life,” Melania Trump said in her speech in Cleveland.
In Michelle Obama’s 2008 speech in Denver, she said: “And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values: like, you work hard for what you want in life, that your word is your bond, that you do what you say you’re going to do, that you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don’t know them and even if you don’t agree with them.” (Read more from “Some of Melania Trump’s Speech at GOP Convention Similar to Michelle Obama Remarks” HERE)
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CNN: Melania Trump’s speech plagiarizes parts of Michelle Obama’s
At least one passage in Melania Trump’s speech Monday night at the Republican National Convention plagiarized from Michelle Obama’s address to the Democratic National Convention in 2008.
Side-by-side comparisons of the transcripts show the text in Trump’s address following, nearly to the word, the first lady’s own from the first night of the Democratic convention in Denver nearly eight years ago.
The controversy quickly overshadowed the speech, which was to have been her introduction to voters. It focused on her immigration to the US and her love for her husband. (Read more about Mrs. Trump’s Cleveland RNC Speech HERE)
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