Uh, So Melania Trump May Have Plagiarized Part Of Her Convention Speech From Michelle Obama

It's only the first night of the Republican National Convention, and we might already have the weirdest story of the week: did Donald Trump's wife Melania plagiarize a portion of her headlining speech from Michelle Obama's 2008 speech? 

TV/radio host (and interior designer) Jarrett Hill was the first to notice the similarities:

CORRECTION: Melania stole a whole graph from Michelle's speech. #GOPConvention
WATCH: https://t.co/8BCOwXAHSy pic.twitter.com/zudpDznGng

— Jarrett Hill (@JarrettHill) July 19, 2016

The borrowed/plagiarized phrases are bolded here: 

Here's the comparison of Melania Trump and Michelle Obama's speeches. See video here: https://t.co/BZaR051zzG pic.twitter.com/3KTSfP6TBX

— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) July 19, 2016

And the LA Times cut together video of the relevant portions from Obama and Trump's speeches:

In this sort of situation, we'd usually say that the speech writer was in big trouble, but according to Melania Trump that speechwriter was… Melania Trump:

For the record, Melania Trump claimed she wrote the speech she delivered tonight. pic.twitter.com/pxLS6S3vSz

— Alan Kestrel (@AlanKestrel750) July 19, 2016

The Trump campaign denied the plagiarism accusations and blamed… Hillary Clinton. Meanwhile the RNC's chief strategist claimed that Melania's speech might have been inspired by none other than "My Little Pony": 

Here is the RNC'a chief strategist citing My Little Pony to argue that Melania Trump did not plagiarize her speech pic.twitter.com/eRifu41wHC

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) July 19, 2016

You can watch her full speech here.