The plot continues to thicken.
We’ve known from reports throughout the day Tuesday that well-known GOP speechwriters were initially called upon to write Melania Trump’s convention speech. But the speech underwent significant changes from their original drafts, including the addition of the controversial portions that were lifted from Michelle Obama’s 2008 convention address.
Now we may know who else helped Melania Trump.
The New York Times reported Tuesday evening that Melania Trump worked with a ghostwriter who had previously written for her husband. Meredith McIver helped Melania Trump edit her speech, though it was unclear how much she worked on it. The newspaper reported that she was a former ballet dancer and English major who is based in New York City. She reportedly worked on Donald Trump’s book, “Think Like a Billionaire.” McIver didn’t return Times’ request for comment.
The Times reported that Matthew Scully, a prominent conservative speech writer, had provided Melania Trump with a speech draft. But, NBC News later confirmed that the Obama passages appeared in later versions of the speech and were not included in Scully’s.
The Times reported that the professional speechwriters the Trump team had hired, Scully and John McConnell, were unaware of how different Melania Trump’s speech was until she spoke at the convention.
TPM:
So, you’re telling us that the speech wasn’t working, and the Trump’s brought someone in to … wait for it … McIver a fix?
As fascinating as this saga is, it’s a perfect example of what happens when you are incapable of owning up to your mistake.
The longer this goes, the deeper the findings, the more embarrassing it gets.
Now the story truly has legs.
So, the campaign (or Melania), dismissed the speech written by a professional in favor of one written by one of your husbands yes men / women.
I haven’t seen or heard from Heil Trump all day today.
You can see how disastrous this is that in the second day of his on going coronation there is nothing from his blustering lying mouth or fingers.
Humiliation is a bitch eh?
This convention is starting to look like a bad segment of “Family Feud” with one team on stage.
I saw the speeches over and over, and I am beginning to think the speechwriter was deliberately screwing Trump. I didn’t believe it when someone said there was a rick roll in the speech, but I saw it, yep, that is surely a devious and deliberate prank by the speechwriter. Melania never would have known what it meant.
But I am also convinced that Melania’s speech would have copied even MORE of Michelle Obama’s speech, but she obviously mangled a few phrases so she truncated a few sentences. And there is the point: Obama’s speech was filled with fluent American phrasings, even distinctive Midwestern speech patterns. This is not how a European immigrant with limited English ability speaks. It’s not how she even speaks with extensive coaching. And afterwards, Trump publicly complimented her on how well-spoken she was. That’s the Trump Reality Distortion Field firing a pre-emptive shot, making sure nobody criticized her mangled English. It was patronizing to Melania.
Earlier today on TPM there was an article in which Melania said she wrote the speech herself. And it had very little revision.
What am i to believe?!
I call bullshit on Melania.