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Donald Trump's campaign on Tuesday tried to brush off charges of plagiarism and recover quickly from an unforced stumble as he advanced within steps of officially seizing the Republican nomination for president.
After a chaotic start, Donald Trump is under pressure to steady his Republican convention as a plagiarism charge and other unforced errors threaten to overshadow GOP efforts to unify behind him. Still, barring last minute complications, the unorthodox billionaire will end the night Tuesday as the Republican Party's official White House nominee.
Melania Trump 's speech at the opening night of the Republican National Convention Monday was strikingly similar to Michelle Obama 's remarks at the Democratic National Convention in 2008, prompting some to accuse Donald Trump 's wife of plagiarism. In one part of her speech, Trump said: "From a young age, my parents impressed on me the values that you work hard for what you want in life, that your word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise, that you treat people with respect.
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There's an important point missed in all the pearl-clutching by partisans on both sides about the allegations that a portion of Melania Trump's speech was plagiarized from a speech by Michelle Obama-the Trump campaign has denied the speech was plagiarized. They might as well have asked what difference, at this point, does it make.
But the colossal screwup over the passages that were strikingly similar to Michelle Obama's Democratic convention speech is getting worse because the campaign is denying the obvious. Folks, the video evidence is out there.
Portions of aspiring first lady Melania Trump's speech at the Republican convention are strikingly similar to that of Michelle Obama's at the Democratic convention in 2008. Yiming Woo reports.
As Donald Trump had promised, there were surprises Monday night at the opening of his personally programmed Republican National Convention - and some of them might have surprised even him. The big hits of the night were former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Melania Trump.
Melania Trump's speech Monday to the Republican National Convention has come under fire as it appears that two of the passages are strikingly similar to the speech first lady Michelle Obama gave in 2008 at the Democratic National Convention. The passages in question focus on lessons that Melania Trump, the wife of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, said she learned from her parents and the relevance of their lessons in her experience as a mother.
By JULIE PACE and ALAN FRAM Associated Press CLEVELAND - After a harsh primary, Republicans kicked off Donald Trump's general election campaign with a warm and personal validation from his wife, Melania Trump, who emotionally assured GOP convention delegates and voters across the country that the brash candidate has the character and determination to unite a divided nation "If you want someone to fight for you and your country, I can assure you, he is the guy," Mrs. Trump told delegates in her highest profile appearance of the presidential campaign. But her well-received address was marred by two passages with similarities to a speech first lady Michelle Obama delivered at the 2008 Democratic convention.
CLEVELAND >> Melania Trump's well-received speech Monday to the Republican National Convention contained two passages that match nearly word-for-word the speech that first lady Michelle Obama delivered in 2008 at the Democratic National Convention. The passages in question focus on lessons that Mrs. Trump, the wife of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, said she learned from her parents and the relevance of their lessons in her experience as a mother.
Melania Trump's star turn at the Republican National Convention Monday night captivated a GOP crowd that had rarely heard from her through months of her husband's tumultuous 2016 White House campaign. Her speech also drew attention after the discovery that two passages of her remarks matched nearly word-for-word the speech that first lady Michelle Obama delivered in 2008 at the Democratic National Convention.
Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort walks off the floor of the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena after talking to reporters, Sunday, July 17, 2016, in Cleveland. . Workers place a sign as they prepare at Quicken Loans Arena for the Republican National Convention, Sunday, July 17, 2016, in Cleveland.
Michelle Obama 's "Carpool Karaoke" joyride with James Corden will air Wednesday on the late-night host's CBS show. The first lady and Corden sing "This Is For My Girls," described as a "girl power anthem" intended to promote full access to education worldwide.
President Barack Obama will quickly return to the delicate balancing act of supporting law enforcement while addressing concerns of bias from some of the communities they serve Former President George W. Bush shakes hands with President Barack Obama during an interfaith memorial service for the fallen police officers and members of the Dallas community, Tuesday, July 12, 2016, at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas. Former first lady Laura Bush is a left and first lady Michelle Obama is at center.
President Barack Obama is in different city but still in an all-too-familiar place as he prepares to lead the nation in honoring more lives cut short by gun violence, this time five white police officers slain by a black man who said he wanted revenge for the killings of blacks by police. From President Obama to Speaker Paul Ryan and even Newt Gingrich, politicians on July 8 preached a message of unity in the face of a violent week that saw both black and white Americans targeted.
Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at the former Osram Sylvania light bulb factory on June 30 in Manchester, N.H. In their well-coordinated counterstrike on Donald Trump last month - a response to his outrageous call, following the Orlando massacre, to ban Muslims from entering the United States - President Obama and Hillary Clinton described the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, or, at least, his words, as un-American. "That's not the America we want.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have spent much of their Sunday meeting with officials planning the design and construction of his presidential library. The meetings have been conducted at an office building about two blocks from the White House with the president and first lady spending about five hours there to discuss designs and to get other updates.
A White House campaign to help military families has hit a new milestone: All 50 states have eased the requirements for military spouses whose careers require a professional license. Michelle Obama said just three states accepted licenses from other states when she and Vice President Joe Biden's wife, Jill, launched a broader initiative in 2011 to help military families.
U.S. First lady Michelle Obama, left, listens to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, right, after she arrived at the airport in Monrovia, Liberia, Monday, June. 27, 2016.