“Famous Quotes” From Melania Trump’s Copy + Paste Speech

By Alexis Evans | July 19, 2016

Melania Trump delivered a speech last night at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland and it was great. So heartfelt and inspiring….and oddly familiar? When she spoke about her values and work ethic, people couldn’t help but get a weird sense of deja-vu. But from where? As it turns out, Donald Trump’s wife seemingly plagiarized some of Michelle Obama’s 2008 Democratic National Convention speech, and people are not happy about it.

Here’s a side by side comparison:

Shortly after people discovered where Melania and her speech writers got their (*ahem*) “inspiration” from, social media users began compiling other famous quotes that the potential future first lady could also take credit for. Since they are all pretty hilarious, here are some #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes:

“I was born a poor black child.” #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes

— Eric Benet (@ebenet) July 19, 2016

Special Shoutout to Malia and Sasha,My husband Barrack and my speech writers Copy & Paste #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes pic.twitter.com/ibN7XwSKVH

— Aron Mtunji (@mtunjiaron) July 19, 2016

“Put some respek on my name” #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes

— Loni Love (@LoniLove) July 19, 2016

“I don’t want no scrub, A scrub is a guy that can’t get no love from me” #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes

— Kandi Burruss (@Kandi) July 19, 2016

“In west Philadelphia born and raised, on the playground is where I spent most of my days” #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes

— Lamorne Morris (@LamorneMorris) July 19, 2016

“I have had it with these mothahfuckin’ snakes on this mothahfuckin’ plane” #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes

— Anna Kendrick (@AnnaKendrick47) July 19, 2016

“I wanna be the very best like no one ever was. To catch them is my real test. To train them is my cause.” #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes

— DeStorm Power (@DeStorm) July 19, 2016

Ok, this is pretty funny… 😂💀#FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes pic.twitter.com/Mpe8wkytSL

— Siefe (@Siefe) July 19, 2016

“Four score and 7 years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation…” #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes pic.twitter.com/VKcAlYtzU8

— Ethan Fixell (@EthanFixell) July 19, 2016

“Our routines are 100% original” #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes pic.twitter.com/Da5jjEgppb

— Ian Warren (@ijwarren) July 19, 2016

But the award for best catalog of compiled #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes goes to… Jesse Williams! The “Grey’s Anatomy” actor and outspoken Black Lives Matter supporter had fun remembering plenty of famous quotes from Melania.

“Work, work, work, work, work, work
He say me have to
Work, work, work, work, work, work!” #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes

— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016

“I was told by AppleCare that I could walk in the store and get the part!!!!” #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes

— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016

“All right stop
Collaborate and listen
Ice is back with my brand new invention…” #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes

— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016

“What a man, what a man, what a mighty good man.” #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes

— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016

“I have a dream” #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes

— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016

All jokes aside, the Trump campaign released a statement saying that they are not planning to fire anyone in connection with the plagiarism of Michelle Obama. They even went as far as to blame the scrutiny over Melania’s speech on Hillary Clinton going full Regina George on women she feels “threatened” by.

Normally, if a candidate’s team were to be caught red-handed plagiarizing, it would mean the end of the campaign–but there’s nothing normal about this election cycle. Donald Trump has been highly successful in his strategy of doubling down on controversies, rather than apologizing. However, there are still three days left in Cleveland, so we’ll have to wait and see if this major snafu ends up alienating voters.