Melania Trump: *I* wrote the speech.

[RandySF]

Earlier today per Rachel. In other words, NO SPEECH WRITERS.

[Mz Pip]

1. So she knows how to Google

How clever of her.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. Lovely!

[MiniMe]

3. Plagerized

Don't blame Melania, I blame the speech writers who plagiarized Michelle's speech

[RandySF]

8. But she made it clear today that she wrote it herself.

[MiniMe]

9. Them she is a liar

She didn't write it. It was almost word for word Michelle Obama's speech at the convention

[tallahasseedem]

4. 22/26 words the same.

She wrote it from Google. Sorry lady, it's over.

[flamingdem]

5. msnbc piinting out there were no personal anecdotes

haw haw

[R B Garr]

6. This has to be intentional. Maybe they are trying to make her a victim, or something.

No way that she or the people around her didn't know what they were doing. There has to be a strategy to what they did.

[EarlG]

11. Maybe they're just not that capable

There was a story yesterday about how the Trump campaign was so disorganized they hadn't given any talking points to speakers or vetted their speeches. If Melania said earlier today that she wrote her own speech then she probably is responsible and nobody in the campaign caught it.

As late as Friday — three days before the start of the convention — some marquee speakers had not been given guidance by the campaign about writing their remarks or asked to submit their speeches for vetting.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/18/us/politics/republican-convention-speakers.html?_r=0&referer=http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017392244

[R B Garr]

12. Wow, that is just mind blowing. Even college freshmen know better. Maybe this

is a sign how much the GOP is letting Trump go this alone. It's just unthinkable that the speeches would not be vetted. Not capable is about right.

The wheels are already coming off. Last night was a huge gaffe on 60 Minutes with Donald not knowing Pence's votes on Iraq. Now this. Wow! Can't say I've ever seen anything like this at this level of politics.

[tallahasseedem]

16. Heck, even my undergrad and grad papers...

had to be submitted through a website that detects plagiarism...and this was mid 2000s. Surely the campaign has access to something like that, LOL!!!

[FarPoint]

7. Ohhh boy...

True Colors glow now..... Shameful.

[GusBob]

10. She also wrote the Gettysburg Address

And 50 shades of grey

[oasis]

13. Crooked Melania.

[tblue37]

17. Plagiarist Melania. Let that one stick to her like glue. nt

[raven mad]

15. AND!

The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Articles of Confederation, AND I have a dream.............

[Blue Idaho]

14. No...

She "Stole" the speech. Credit where credit is due.