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Here are all the terrible excuses the Trump campaign has for Melania’s plagiarized RNC speech
Faced with evidence that whole paragraphs of Melania Trump’s RNC keynote address Monday night were plagiarizedfrom a speech made by Michelle Obama eight years ago, Team Trump essentially had two options: Fess up—likeBarack Obama did during his first presidential campaign—or deny, deny, deny. Guess which one they went with?
http://fusion.net/story/327020/manafort-common-words-melania-plagiarized-speech/
On the Today show this morning, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie dismissed the accusation of stealing as well, saying “93% of the speech is different”—to the dismay of high school English teachers who now face a school year full of explaining to students why 7% still counts as plagiarism.
