The Trump campaign has come out and responded in force to the plagiarism found in Melania’s speech, and here’s how it went:
First there was this in the wee hours of the morning:
Trump campaign issues statement: pic.twitter.com/zgfOMmgGr3
— Robert Costa (@costareports) July 19, 2016
This morning, the Trump campaign chief says there was no plagiarism, that these are just common words. And this attack on Melania is just Hillary trying to demean her!
Manafort denies Melania Trump's #GOPConvention speech plagiarizes parts of Michelle Obama's https://t.co/ouVDtxnEgG https://t.co/4GaqP71gd6
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 19, 2016
Also Chris Christie pointed out that the other 93% was different than Michelle Obama’s speech, so no biggie!
.@savannahguthrie & @mlauer talk Trump, Melania's speech and more with @GovChristie #RNCTODAY #RNCinCLE https://t.co/svfvhGZlhm
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) July 19, 2016
And then there was Ben Carson:
Ben Carson told reporters he didn't think speech was plagiarized but if it was, "that should make us all very happy" pic.twitter.com/XwbBkQp54o
— Ashley Killough (@KilloughCNN) July 19, 2016
Even a CNN surrogate tried to say these are just ‘common phrases’ and she got tromped! Ben Ferguson pretty much nails it here:
Ben Ferguson: I want Donald Trump to win. Melania speech is "captain obvious moment," say it was wrong, fire someone https://t.co/9H0dC3yy4h
— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) July 19, 2016
This sums it up even better:
They could have popped this bubble LAST NIGHT. The Fuck-You-Never-Apologize thing has its limits lol.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 19, 2016
He’s right. And now as I type, Paul Manafort is holding a press conference still blaming Hillary and claiming they are just going to move on. LOL!