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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Where’s the “Not this sh*t again” guy when you need him?
Jr’s just yanking their chain.
Media being even handed? “That’s not who we are.”
heh heh heh...
And the sentence was word for word.
Like father, like son.
I am laughing about this!!!! Give them a heaping tablespoon of their own medicine. How do you like it now, Mr. Obama?
He’s probably trying to start another ‘scandal’ to steal a few more headlines away from HRC.
I love how the Trumps are real people - not political robots.
He’s jerking Obama’s chain!
Democratics automatically are entitled to be hypocrites and duplicitous. It their contract with every media outlet. Nothing to see here.
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).
Learned from his daddy.
The Trumps are having some fun. Nice to see.
Wow.
I can imagine a bunch of interns looking for transcripts f every trump speech he has ever given trying to make themselves look good.
Trump and his kin are great to watch. Add Vlad and Bebe into the DemocRAT pile-on and... more popcorn!
Marvelous spar, by DT,Jr., wasn’t it! Nice and subtle and exacting.
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