Donald Trump on Wednesday morning finally spoke out about the controversy surrounding Melania Trump’s speech, with a tweet celebrating the amount of attention her remarks received and ignoring the fact that commentary about the speech largely focused on plagiarism.
Good news is Melania’s speech got more publicity than any in the history of politics especially if you believe that all press is good press!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 20, 2016
He also criticized the media for covering the plagiarism in the speech, working in a Hillary Clinton reference.
The media is spending more time doing a forensic analysis of Melania’s speech than the FBI spent on Hillary’s emails.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 20, 2016
Melania Trump’s speech lifted significant portions from the speech Michelle Obama delivered at the 2008 Democratic convention, but Trump Campaign Chair Paul Manafort has denied that the speech was partially plagiarized. And other members of Trump’s circle brushed off accusations that the speech used part’s of Michelle Obama’s address.
But Trump himself had remained silent on the reporting about plagiarism in the speech until now, and he still avoided directly addressing the plagiarism itself.
Sorry, Don . . .
It’s good news for Donald Trump.
Lord, I loathe this man.
meanwhile…
Some fact checker caught the following:
Donald Trump (in an interview with Bill O’Reilly live during the RNC proceedings): “I wanted [the convention] to be here and we had lots of choices. I wanted it to be in Ohio, I recommended Ohio, and people fought very hard that it be in Ohio.”
The Facts: The Republican National Committee’s Site Selection Committee announced in July 2014 its recommendation of Cleveland, Ohio, as the site of the convention. Donald Trump announced his intention to run for president nearly a year later, in June 2015
You know, I think he is utterly incapable of telling the truth. If he opens his mouth (or tweets), there will be a lie. Fact checkers would be much better off reporting on when he says something that IS true.