It was more likely due to carelessness and disorganization than any deliberately planned act. Writing and vetting Melania Trump’s speech was obviously not high on the list of Monday night priorities and so this blunder slipped through. Maybe now Trump will realize why other candidates have campaign staffs in the hundreds instead of a few dozen.
I'd be surprised if any conservative would picked up on this. Who listened to and remembered Michelle's speech?
Sheesh. A couple of very similar sentences containing near cliches is not plagarism.
I did not think so of “single sentence” plagarism from Obama, and I do not think so of Melania. There are only so many ways to state simple concepts.
A big nothing burger.
I suppose. But who reads the sort of banal statements like "my parents raised me to work hard and treat others with respect" and think "hmmm, that sounds familiar. Oh, I know. Michelle Obama said the same thing eight years ago!" You have to be a super-fan of Mrs Obama to recall her specific wording of those generic sentiments. So if someone purposely slipped them in, I could see them making it past through the process.
Hardly “carelessness” to specifically search out Moo’s speech and present it to Melania nearly word for word. Whether it was Cruz or someone else, Trump better track him down and name names loudly to the msm.