Donald Trump's wife Melania has been accused of plagiarising a speech delivered by Michelle Obama in 2008.
The aspiring First Lady made the speech at the Republican National Convention yesterday which bears striking resemblance to the one delivered by Obama at the Democratic Convention in 2008.
Helen Vaughan has been listening to the two speeches:
There is one section in particular which critics are claiming is virtually identical. Here are the two side side by side.
So that's pretty blatant, right? pic.twitter.com/EPnHME7afV
— Mike Hearn (@mikehearn) July 19, 2016
Before the speech, Melania Trump told NBC "I wrote it...with a little help as possible:
BREAKING VIDEO: Before plagiarized #RNCinCLE speech, Melania told NBC: "I wrote it with as little help as possible" https://t.co/4p5NZTj6k4
— Ben N. Petersen (@BenNPetersen) July 19, 2016
After extensive backlash, Trump's campaign have issued this response:
The Trump campaign just put out a statement on Melania's speech pic.twitter.com/JvJZKpQsjB
— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) July 19, 2016
