Finding the humor in Melania's plagiarism blunder

Perhaps the best thing about Melania's instance of borrowed words was the avalanche of hilarious, quick-witted reactions that followed

Melania Trump at the RNC
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In between harsh rhetorical broadsides against President Obama and his former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, at Monday night's Republican National Convention, Donald Trump's wife, Melania Trump, stepped in with a refreshingly positive speech about herself and her husband. It was a good speech, introduced rockstar-style by Donald Trump himself, a clear highlight of the evening matched only perhaps by former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's impassioned attack on Clinton and President Obama.

But Melania Trump's speech, which she claimed to have written most of, quickly went from asset to liability, when people started noticing curious similarities between her language and the speech Michelle Obama gave in 2008 while introducing her husband, soon-to-be-President Obama.

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Peter Weber, The Week US

Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.