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Trump Jr. accuses Obama of lifting from his convention speech
The Hill ^ | 7/28/2016 | Caitlin Yilek

Posted on 07/28/2016 12:21:17 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

The son of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says he’s “honored” President Obama would “plagiarize” a line from his Republican National Convention speech.

“I’m honored that POTUS would plagiarize a line from my speech last week. Where’s the outrage?” Donald Trump Jr. tweeted Thursday, following Obama’s Democratic National Convention speech on Wednesday night in Philadelphia.

Last week, when addressing the Republican convention in Cleveland, Trump Jr. said: "There’s so much work to do. We will not accept the current state of our country because it’s too hard to change. That’s not the America I know. We’re going to unleash the creative spirit and energy of all Americans. We’re going to make our schools the best in the world for every single American of every single ethnicity and background.”

On Wednesday, Obama said: “What we heard in Cleveland last week wasn’t particularly Republican, and it sure wasn’t conservative. What we heard was a deeply pessimistic vision of a country where we turn against each other and turn away from the rest of the world. There were no serious solutions to pressing problems, just the fanning of resentment and blame and anger and hate. And that is not the America I know. The America I know is full of courage, and optimism, and ingenuity. The America I know is decent and generous.”

Trump Jr.'s accusation of Obama of plagiarizing the line, “That is not the America I know” comes a week and a half after Melania Trump faced backlash for using parts of first lady Michelle Obama’s 2008 convention speech.

The woman who wrote Melania Trump’s convention speech, Meredith McIver, took responsibility for copying portions of that speech and offered to resign as an in-house writer for Donald Trump last week, though the GOP nominee refused to accept it.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016dncconvention; copying; dncobamaspeech; obama; plagiarism; rnctrumpjrspeech; trumpjr
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Oh oh.
1 posted on 07/28/2016 12:21:18 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Where’s the “Not this sh*t again” guy when you need him?


2 posted on 07/28/2016 12:23:19 PM PDT by Lower Deck
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Jr’s just yanking their chain.


3 posted on 07/28/2016 12:24:41 PM PDT by Iron head mike (Dirty deeds done dirt cheap)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Media being even handed? “That’s not who we are.”


4 posted on 07/28/2016 12:26:11 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (q)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

heh heh heh...


5 posted on 07/28/2016 12:26:41 PM PDT by bigbob (The Hillary indictment will have to come from us.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain
Now the speeches written for tonight will be rewritten to avoid any crossover words. I love it. The Trump family sure knows how to tweak on the lazy media. The poor media isn't sure where the echoes are coming from to mimic anymore?
6 posted on 07/28/2016 12:27:29 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

And the sentence was word for word.


7 posted on 07/28/2016 12:27:52 PM PDT by apocalypto
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To: Iron head mike

Like father, like son.


8 posted on 07/28/2016 12:29:32 PM PDT by DigitalVideoDude (It's amazing what you can accomplish when you don't care who gets the credit. -Ronald Reagan)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

I am laughing about this!!!! Give them a heaping tablespoon of their own medicine. How do you like it now, Mr. Obama?


9 posted on 07/28/2016 12:29:52 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

He’s probably trying to start another ‘scandal’ to steal a few more headlines away from HRC.


10 posted on 07/28/2016 12:29:53 PM PDT by pb929
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

I love how the Trumps are real people - not political robots.

He’s jerking Obama’s chain!


11 posted on 07/28/2016 12:30:13 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Democratics automatically are entitled to be hypocrites and duplicitous. It their contract with every media outlet. Nothing to see here.


12 posted on 07/28/2016 12:30:42 PM PDT by Kudsman (Hillary has perfected the politics of personal profit and theft. DJTrump 6/22/16)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Here is a short quiz. Joe Biden said last night that “it is never a good idea to bet against America.” The line is receiving accolades in the media today. Question: whose line did “Slow Joe” plagiarize?

(a) Michelle Obama
(b) Warren Buffet
(c) Neil Kinnock
(d) None of the above
(e) He’s a democrat so “What difference does it make?

Answer: (b). Extra credit for answering (b) and (e).


13 posted on 07/28/2016 12:31:29 PM PDT by Atticus
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To: Lower Deck

Awh! Gees! Not this **** again!


14 posted on 07/28/2016 12:31:40 PM PDT by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!e)
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To: Iron head mike

Learned from his daddy.


15 posted on 07/28/2016 12:31:50 PM PDT by Gamecock (There is always one more idiot than you counted on.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

The Trumps are having some fun. Nice to see.


16 posted on 07/28/2016 12:32:45 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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To: Atticus

Wow.


17 posted on 07/28/2016 12:32:53 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I am so very blessed! Thank You, JESUS!)
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To: blackdog

I can imagine a bunch of interns looking for transcripts f every trump speech he has ever given trying to make themselves look good.


18 posted on 07/28/2016 12:33:39 PM PDT by matt04
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Trump and his kin are great to watch. Add Vlad and Bebe into the DemocRAT pile-on and... more popcorn!


19 posted on 07/28/2016 12:35:40 PM PDT by polymuser (Enough is enough)
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To: bigbob

Marvelous spar, by DT,Jr., wasn’t it! Nice and subtle and exacting.


20 posted on 07/28/2016 12:36:02 PM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christ Rey! Public Education is the farm team for more Marxmsists coming, infinitum.)
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