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A Trump campaign
official suggested the similarity to Michelle Obama's speech may
have been the result of an error by her team of speech writers.
"My parents impressed on me the values that you work hard for
what you want in life; that your word is your bond and you do
what you say and keep your promise; that you treat people with
respect," Melania, the wife of presumptive Republican
presidential nominee Donald Trump, told the convention in
Cleveland.
"They taught me to show the values and morals in my daily life.
That is the lesson that I continue to pass along to our son."
"And we need to pass those lessons on to the many generations to
follow, because we want our children in this nation to know that
the only limit to your achievements is the strength of your
dreams and your willingness to work for them."
That small section of Melania Trump's roughly 15-minute speech,
a highlight of the opening day of the convention, was similar to
part of Michelle Obama’s speech in 2008 in support of her
husband Barack Obama.
"And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values:
that you work hard for what you want in life; that your word is
your bond and you do what you say you're going to do; that you
treat people with dignity and respect,” Michelle Obama said in
her speech.
"...And Barack Obama and I set out to build lives guided by
these values, and pass them on to the next generations," she
added.
"Because we want our children, and all children in this nation,
to know that the only limit to the height of your achievement is
the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them."
Before Monday's speech, Melania, a Slovenian-born jewelry
designer and former model, told NBC's Matt Lauer: "I wrote it...
with as little help as possible."
A spokesman for the Trump campaign called the speech a success,
but suggested her writers may have mistakenly injected some
borrowed language.
"In writing her beautiful speech, Melania's team of writers took
notes on her life's inspirations, and in some instances included
fragments that reflected her own thinking," Jason Miller,
Trump's senior communications advisor, said in a statement.
(Reporting by Richard Valdmanis; editing by John Stonestreet)
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