In context: Comparing the Melania Trump, Michelle Obama convention speeches
1 min readJul 19, 2016
By Angie Drobnic Holan, PolitiFact editor
CLEVELAND — On the first night of the Republican National Convention, Melania Trump, the wife of Donald Trump, gave a well-received speech in which she talked about her upbringing in Slovenia and her respect for her husband.
Soon after the speech, however, some pointed out a striking similarity between her speech and that of a speech from Michelle Obama.
We can’t say why the similarity occurred, and we’ll leave it to readers to decide if they would define it as plagiarism.
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