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Melania Trump took the stage tonight at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland to deliver the event's opening address, stepping into the spotlight for a rare moment to speak to her husband's character. The former fashion model spoke about Donald Trump's leadership abilities and vision for America.
CORRECTION: Melania stole a whole graph from Michelle's speech. #GOPConvention
— Jarrett Hill (@JarrettHill) July 19, 2016
WATCH: https://t.co/8BCOwXAHSy pic.twitter.com/zudpDznGng
As Jarrett Hill points out on Twitter, a portion of Melania Trump's speech bared a strong resemblance to part of Michelle Obama's opening speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2008. Ahead of the speech, Mrs. Trump told NBC's Matt Laeur, "I wrote it...with as little help as possible." Watch clips from both of the speeches below.
A representative for Donald Trump's campaign was not immediately available for comment.
Melania Trump plagiarized Michelle Obama tonight, and here's the video to prove it: pic.twitter.com/gCDeJL04zY
— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) July 19, 2016
VIDEO: Melania Trump told NBC's Matt Lauer before the speech: "I wrote it...with a little help as possible." https://t.co/MZraa04Goj
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) July 19, 2016
The similarities between Michelle Obama's 2008 DNC speech & Melania Trump's #RNCinCLE. First noticed by @JarrettHill pic.twitter.com/yGpN9aJi1z
— Javier Panzar (@jpanzar) July 19, 2016