Melania isn't exactly bringing it home.

[no_hypocrisy]

She spent 5-6 weeks getting ready for THIS speech???

[awake]

1. Wait till she talks about how big his hands are

[tritsofme]

2. Is she really going to speak 27 more minutes? There are no more speakers?

[LeftyMom]

3. Probably with a speech coach working on her accent.

[Ilsa]

8. she is still difficult to understand at times.

I'm amazed at how nasty Repubs can be towards immigrants, but not the ones that are lovely and statuesque.

[ecstatic]

4. This is awful! nt

[napkinz]

5. Melania: "Donald will fight for his country."

[Justitia]

6. while she is performing better than I expected, the crowd is un-engaged

I don't know if her accent is making them tune out, or the obvious bullshit about Trump's "heart" is even too much for them, but most of them are just sitting there like bored fence posts.

[deathrind]

7. No...

She is not. Kudos to her for getting in front of a thousand + people and giving a speech (that is never easy) but she is not doing real well.

[bottomofthehill]

9. This is who trump chose to bring home anti immigrant night......

I can't understand her and I don't get it. What do you think the defense of marriage crowd thinks of the Donald's immigrant third wife. It is a good thing they called it the defense of marriages as he has had multiples........

[LeftyMom]

13. Oh no, he knows what he's doing. Tonight is about fearing the brown hordes.

She's not one of *those* immigrants. She's one of the precious white baby chutes who must be protected because you know how those people are around white ladies.

This is an old trope and it's the underlying logic of a whole lot of racist bullshit (including a lot of the racist bullshit posted by nativists on DU.)

[bluestateguy]

16. The alt right is ok with immigration (legal or not) from Europe

nt

[Statistical]

17. He does so much to defend marriage he went out and got three. n/t

[NightWatcher]

10. Beisbol been berry berry good to me.

[gordianot]

11. Good grief she is reading a professionally prepared speech.

It is meaningless.

[jmg257]

12. Ha - compared to everyone else who spoke, she slammed it.

Not sure just how good that actually is though.

[Gabi Hayes]

15. raves for her on CNN....dana bash...is that her name....

tossed out the propaganda meme that the poor poor woman was just SO verklempt, SO nervous, but the slobbering panel all agreed that she DIDN'T even SHOW it!

just imagine how they're going to pick apart every gesture, vocal fry, every unnuanced phrase of Hillary when it's her turn.

I was going to say they've abandoned all their critical faculties, but that would be wrong.....that happened decades ago, with the advent of Reagan

[Ilsa]

14. Something funny I read off Twitter:

Melania just said she & Donald have been together for 18 yrs. Donald & his previous wife, Marla Maples, have been divorced for 17. #RNCinCLE
I'm not sure how accurate it is.

[no_hypocrisy]

18. Update: Melania took 5-6 weeks to PLAGARIZE Michele Obama's 2008 Convention Speech

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/melania-trump-speech-plagiarized_us_578da752e4b0a0ae97c33675?yvgshqjhgu1zhkhuxr