The Republican National Convention ended earlier last week, and there was a lot to take from it -- whether it was to highlight "Make America Great Again" or "Make America Safe Again." From speaker to speaker, each had their own special take on why Donald Trump will make an amazing president. But one speech had us all questioning the speaker, and that speaker was none other than Melania Trump. She took the stage and spoke of wanting children to embrace their dreams and spoke to the families of America, and when the speech ended, the crowd roared with applause. After the speech ended, though, it left a familiar taste in a lot of people's mouths.
News hit the next day that Melania Trump possibly plagiarized her speech from Michelle Obama's Democratic National Convention speech eight-years ago. Putting the speeches side-by-side, there is a passage that looks like Melania copied it as if she was taking the SATs. Three-sentences were said to be plagiarized, and Melania is stating she wrote it herself. So, is it true? Well, look for yourself and tell me.
But, if Melania did plagiarize, was it from Michelle, or possibly another source? Republican National Convention Chief Strategist Sean Spicer claims to think otherwise. In his defense of Melania, he may have opened a floodgate that gives other possible sources of plagiarism. A few small names out there, such as musicians Kid Rock and John Legend. One big name: Twilight Sparkle from the hit television show "My Little Pony." The phrase in question: "The strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them." This looks familiar to the memorable Twilight Sparkle quote, "This is your dream. Anything you can do in your dreams you can do now." The two statements look very similar when speaking about dreams, especially how Melania has a similar ethos to the pony, who is a role model in her community and loved by little girls and middle-aged men.
Although it may seem like he attempted to bash the Clinton campaign by blaming them for blowing this situation out of proportion, Spicer opened up a can of worms Melania will have to explain. The odds of even just a few words being plagiarized, according to the Washingtonian, is, "Less than one in a trillion." (Melania, notice how I prevented plagiarism by referencing my source, using quotation marks and citing it.) If Melania wrote it herself, she will need to address the country on the possibility of copying such a respected member of society: Twilight Sparkle. Sparkle has refused to comment on the brewing situation.
