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Shame that Melania Trump couldn’t write her own speech

Melania Trump speaks on the first night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 18, 2016. Meredith McIver, a longtime employee of the Trump organization who has worked on some of his books, took responsibility for lifting two passages from a 2008 speech by Michelle Obama for Melania Trump’s address.
Melania Trump speaks on the first night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 18, 2016. Meredith McIver, a longtime employee of the Trump organization who has worked on some of his books, took responsibility for lifting two passages from a 2008 speech by Michelle Obama for Melania Trump’s address. The New York Times

Melania Trump delivered a decent speech — too bad it was plagiarized from Michelle Obama’s speech from the Denver Democratic convention in 2008.

Christine Klopfer, Arroyo Grande

This story was originally published July 26, 2016 at 8:42 PM with the headline "Shame that Melania Trump couldn’t write her own speech."

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