Melania Trump speaks at the Republican convention.
It was the most important speech ever in Melania Trump’s life, and her husband – the Republican presidential candidate – wanted it to be perfect.
The speech was made by Mrs. Trump during the opening ceremony of the Republican National Convention, where her husband officially received the nomination to represent this party running for the White House.
But things didn’t go as planned.
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Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and top advisor, was the one who hired experts Scully and McConnell to write the speech.
In that process, she relied on assistant Meredith McIver, a former ballet dancer who graduated with an English major and is very close to the Trump family.
But her quiet plan to draft her own speech led to the most awkward moment of the Republican convention.
In her speech broadcast during prime time, Mrs. Trump opened up about a series of life lessons, about why `your word is your commitment`, about `your dreams and
Meredith McIver yesterday apologized for the similarities in the two speeches.
`I didn’t check Mrs. Obama’s speech,` she said.
Meredith McIver (left) apologizes for the similarities between the speeches of Mrs. Melania Trump and Mrs. Michelle Obama.
Lack of review
This new incident continues what has plagued Donald Trump’s campaign since the primary election, but until now his team has not been able to change: weak campaign structure, poor style.
These two speechwriters did not know how drastically the speech would be changed until they saw Mrs. Trump speak on national television on the evening of July 18.
In interviews, Republican speechwriters described the painstaking vetting they often do with their speeches, conducted by a team of experts with the help of various departments.
`It’s a pretty standard program,` said Stuart Stevens, who wrote speeches for Mitt Romney and his wife during the 2012 election campaign, commenting on the software that helps detect similarities in word choice and structure.
Donald Trump’s wife was accused of plagiarizing Michelle Obama’s speech at the party convention
Mr. Trump’s team declined to say who or how many senior leaders in the campaign read and reviewed the speech.
Mr. Trump’s associates and allies have dismissed the controversy about the speech as distracting details that are not worth mentioning.
`93% of the speech’s content is completely different,` New Jersey Governor Chris Christie declared.
Still, across the United States, Republican political activists and speechwriters expressed confusion that the organization would allow such a problem to occur.
`It’s as if a person trying to row a boat across a river shoots a hole in his boat,` Stevens said.
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