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Trump employee admits she DID plagiarize Michelle after Melania read her favorite bits over the phone as it's revealed she is a registered Democrat

  • Meredith McIver, an in-house writer, admits she wrote the Melania Trump speech that included words lifted from Michelle Obama
  • Melania read her portions of Michelle Obama's 2008 speech to Democratic National Convention, which McIver wrote down and later used 
  • Says she offered to quit but was turned down by Donald Trump who did not want her punished for her error
  • Issued public statement on Wednesday identifying herself and describing how fiasco unfolded 

 

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An employee at Donald Trump's real estate company has come forward to say she inadvertently spliced portions of Michelle Obama's 2008 Democratic National Convention speech into the address Melania Trump delivered Monday night.

Mrs. Trump's speech drew instant criticism when a half-dozen lines were found to be in common with Mrs. Obama's from eight years ago.

Meredith McIver, an in-house staff writer at the Trump Organization and former ballet dancer, released a statement Wednesday saying she wrote down portions of the Obama speech – with Mrs. Trump reading them to her over the phone – and included them later in the draft she presented to Melania. 

'I did not check Mrs. Obama's speeches. This was my mistake, and I feel terrible for the chaos I have caused Melania and the Trumps, as well as to Mrs. Obama,' she wrote. 'No harm was meant.'

Admission: Meredith McIver (left) in her office in Trump Tower, Manhattan, went public on Wednesday to say she was responsible for the plagiarism storm

Admission: Meredith McIver (left) in her office in Trump Tower, Manhattan, went public on Wednesday to say she was responsible for the plagiarism storm

Admission: Meredith McIver's letter revealing her role in the plagiarism firestorm - and Donald Trump's refusal to accept her resignation 

Admission: Meredith McIver's letter revealing her role in the plagiarism firestorm - and Donald Trump's refusal to accept her resignation 

Forgiveness: Donald Trump, seen with Melania as he introduced her Monday night speech to the RNC, said Meredith McIver should not be punished for her error, which she said was inadvertent

Forgiveness: Donald Trump, seen with Melania as he introduced her Monday night speech to the RNC, said Meredith McIver should not be punished for her error, which she said was inadvertent



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3699830/Trump-employee-admits-plagiarized-Michelle-Obama-Melania-s-speech-feels-terrible-chaos-Donald-REFUSED-accept-resignation.html#ixzz4F07wvjMz 
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I still don't care.

Speeches are not the important thing in this election.

Actions are.

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Just more Dem shenanigans to try to spoil the moment.

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Just more Dem shenanigans to try to spoil the moment.


 The Donald spoiled the moment when he walked out on stage...hmmhmmhmm

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flan327 wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Just more Dem shenanigans to try to spoil the moment.


 The Donald spoiled the moment when he walked out on stage...hmmhmmhmm

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 That would be relevant if you weren't supporting a criminal.  But who is surprised knowing your history. 



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Just more Dem shenanigans to try to spoil the moment.


 The Donald spoiled the moment when he walked out on stage...hmmhmmhmm

flan


 That would be relevant if you weren't supporting a criminal.  But who is surprised knowing your history. 


 HERSTORY????

I'm so confuzzled.

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flan327 wrote:
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flan327 wrote:
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Just more Dem shenanigans to try to spoil the moment.


 The Donald spoiled the moment when he walked out on stage...hmmhmmhmm

flan


 That would be relevant if you weren't supporting a criminal.  But who is surprised knowing your history. 


 HERSTORY????

I'm so confuzzled.

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 No surprise there....



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Ohfour wrote:
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Just more Dem shenanigans to try to spoil the moment.


 The Donald spoiled the moment when he walked out on stage...hmmhmmhmm

flan


 That would be relevant if you weren't supporting a criminal.  But who is surprised knowing your history. 


 What's Hillary been convicted of? (By a court, not by you).



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ed11563 wrote:
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Just more Dem shenanigans to try to spoil the moment.


 The Donald spoiled the moment when he walked out on stage...hmmhmmhmm

flan


 That would be relevant if you weren't supporting a criminal.  But who is surprised knowing your history. 


 What's Hillary been convicted of? (By a court, not by you).


 She never got to court.  The corrupt government run by Obama made sure of that. 



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ed11563 wrote:
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flan327 wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Just more Dem shenanigans to try to spoil the moment.


 The Donald spoiled the moment when he walked out on stage...hmmhmmhmm

flan


 That would be relevant if you weren't supporting a criminal.  But who is surprised knowing your history. 


 What's Hillary been convicted of? (By a court, not by you).


 She never got to court.  The corrupt government run by Obama made sure of that. 


Well, the Big Tobacco executives who lied to Congress are still getting away with mass murder. 

I want my mother and my sister back,

and those smug killers executed.



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Would you vote Big Tobacco into office?

Hillary did commit crimes. Comey admitted it. He just didn't recommend prosecuting her. He wants to die a natural death I would imagine.

I admire Trump for not accepting the writer's resignation. Shows he knows what's important. Better yet, he knows what's not.

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Yes, i am surprised he didn't fire her. I think that it shows a side of him I think. That maybe he doesn't get too bogged down with nonsense. However, I think that if this person INTENTIONALLY did that to Melania, then she is an pretty rotten person. If unintentional, yes, mistakes do happen. Either way, it's just a 5 min speech of no consequence.

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Yes, i am surprised he didn't fire her. I think that it shows a side of him I think. That maybe he doesn't get too bogged down with nonsense. However, I think that if this person INTENTIONALLY did that to Melania, then she is an pretty rotten person. If unintentional, yes, mistakes do happen. Either way, it's just a 5 min speech of no consequence.


 Trump has a lot of women in very high roles in his companies that have worked for him for decades. 



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Wait!

You're saying Trump isn't a chauvinistic pig that hates hates women?

AND that he has a level head for business?

Wow!



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I'm not hating on Trump because I am a supporter but this is politics. She was a pawn that took the hit for the speech. He didn't fire her because he was using her & it would make him look so much better than if he fired her. Same way any other candidate would have handled it. Except maybe Hilary who would try lying her way out of the plagiarism.

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Yes, i am surprised he didn't fire her. I think that it shows a side of him I think. That maybe he doesn't get too bogged down with nonsense. However, I think that if this person INTENTIONALLY did that to Melania, then she is an pretty rotten person. If unintentional, yes, mistakes do happen. Either way, it's just a 5 min speech of no consequence.


 I'm surprised that Trump is the one who handled this. I mean it was Melania's speech and she said she worked on it for 6 months. 

I would have liked to have seen Melania handle this situation, not Donald.

 



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Yes, i am surprised he didn't fire her. I think that it shows a side of him I think. That maybe he doesn't get too bogged down with nonsense. However, I think that if this person INTENTIONALLY did that to Melania, then she is an pretty rotten person. If unintentional, yes, mistakes do happen. Either way, it's just a 5 min speech of no consequence.


 I'm surprised that Trump is the one who handled this. I mean it was Melania's speech and she said she worked on it for 6 months. 

I would have liked to have seen Melania handle this situation, not Donald.

 


She's not running for office.  She's a campaigner.  It's his job to handle his staff, not hers... 



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Yes, i am surprised he didn't fire her. I think that it shows a side of him I think. That maybe he doesn't get too bogged down with nonsense. However, I think that if this person INTENTIONALLY did that to Melania, then she is an pretty rotten person. If unintentional, yes, mistakes do happen. Either way, it's just a 5 min speech of no consequence.


 I'm surprised that Trump is the one who handled this. I mean it was Melania's speech and she said she worked on it for 6 months. 

I would have liked to have seen Melania handle this situation, not Donald.

 


She's not running for office.  She's a campaigner.  It's his job to handle his staff, not hers... 


 She is a potential first lady. I'd like to see her take care of her own issues and show a little bit of fortitude or control over her "own words".

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I guess I'm just old fashioned. I don't expect the first lady to be a politician. Her job is to support her husband with grace and class. That's all I care about...

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I understand that the speech writer is a registered Democrat.

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I guess I'm just old fashioned. I don't expect the first lady to be a politician. Her job is to support her husband with grace and class. That's all I care about...


 Yes, well I guess he will just continue to take care of her and whatever issues may arise. 

She's sure pretty though.

 



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I understand that the speech writer is a registered Democrat.


 Someone should have vetted her out. Trumps crew are dropping the ball.



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I guess I'm just old fashioned. I don't expect the first lady to be a politician. Her job is to support her husband with grace and class. That's all I care about...


 Yes, well I guess he will just continue to take care of her and whatever issues may arise. 

She's sure pretty though.

 


There is something we can agree on.  Imagine if her and your PM had babies... wink



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I guess I'm just old fashioned. I don't expect the first lady to be a politician. Her job is to support her husband with grace and class. That's all I care about...


 Yes, well I guess he will just continue to take care of her and whatever issues may arise. 

She's sure pretty though.

 


There is something we can agree on.  Imagine if her and your PM had babies... wink


 Actually I've seen two really good looking people make some ugly babies.  Likewise I've seen two butt ugly people make some beautiful babies.



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I understand that the speech writer is a registered Democrat.


 Someone should have vetted her out. Trumps crew are dropping the ball.


 Why?  Trump is an EOE.  He hires the best, the speechwriter must be good at her job, well except for this situation.



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I understand that the speech writer is a registered Democrat.


 Someone should have vetted her out. Trumps crew are dropping the ball.


Or maybe he doesn't have a problem hiring people that have other points of views and assumes they will act as professionals?



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I understand that the speech writer is a registered Democrat.


 Someone should have vetted her out. Trumps crew are dropping the ball.


Or maybe he doesn't have a problem hiring people that have other points of views and assumes they will act as professionals?


 I agree, Snerd, can I call you that?  I find it amusing.  Anyway, I too think that is how he is.  Thing is, any other political candidate, I would immediately jump to the conclusion that he is getting all sorts of inputs from his team, determining the best PR outcome.  But with Trump, I don't think he cares about PR, which I think is why he can be trusted.  Time will tell of course.



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I understand that the speech writer is a registered Democrat.


 Someone should have vetted her out. Trumps crew are dropping the ball.


Or maybe he doesn't have a problem hiring people that have other points of views and assumes they will act as professionals?


 Haha. You are joking....

In the end, despite his wife taking a beating...he enjoyed the attention.



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Of course he did. It was good attention. Made those criticizing the speech look like idiots. What's not to love about that.

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Of course he did. It was good attention. Made those criticizing the speech look like idiots. What's not to love about that.


 Whats not to love is that he left his wife out of the picture completely. 

 



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She's not the candidate. What part of that don't you understand apple?

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She's not the candidate. What part of that don't you understand apple?


 

The potential First Lady, this is all about her speech...correct? Do you understand that?



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He is in charge of what happens and when. You do understand that don't you?

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He is in charge of what happens and when. You do understand that don't you?


 His wife took a beating over plagiarizm. She might have liked a chance to address that herself. I know I would have.

 



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His wife's speech writer took a beating. Melania came out looking like a class act compared to the Libs spin on it.

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His wife's speech writer took a beating. Melania came out looking like a class act compared to the Libs spin on it.


If you say so.

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Kind of how I feel about your ridiculous statement.

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It’s cozy to cling to the idea that the Trump women are really not on board with his agenda; that they will come out swinging one day for family leave and the right to choose. (Trump has said in the past that both Melania and Ivanka Trump will serve as advocates for women’s health on the campaign trail, which has yet to happen). The prevailing idea that Mrs. Trump is just a puppet being manipulated by the campaign is certainly problematic for her husband’s presidential bid: is she a fembot who is fed stolen words and thrust before the country on live television, or a would-be First Lady? But for as long as Melania is standing by her husband’s side, in the glare of the spotlight, she’s responsible for her words.

I sort of agree with the above. That is how it appears, that is why I would have liked Melania to have dealt with this issue herself, it was her speech.


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Are you going to address Hillary's 22 Scandals on that thread? Just wondering.

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Are you going to address Hillary's 22 Scandals on that thread? Just wondering.


 Are you going to stop trolling me?  biggrin

 

Lets keep this thread on topic. eh?



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Are you going to address Hillary's 22 Scandals on that thread? Just wondering.


 Are you going to stop trolling me?  biggrin

 

Lets keep this thread on topic. eh?


Excuse me?  You are trolling nonstop on the RNC thread with your nonsense.  But, it's relevant.  You keep going on about the supposed sins of Melania but refuse to look at Hillary's long, long Encyclopedia Brittanica of lies and misdeeds.



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Are you going to address Hillary's 22 Scandals on that thread? Just wondering.


 Are you going to stop trolling me?  biggrin

 

Lets keep this thread on topic. eh?


Excuse me?  You are trolling nonstop on the RNC thread with your nonsense.  But, it's relevant.  You keep going on about the supposed sins of Melania but refuse to look at Hillary's long, long Encyclopedia Brittanica of lies and misdeeds.


 How is it possible that you cannot address one situation at a time. You know I am right about Melania and the fact that she had no voice after the scandal broke. So you change the subject to Hillary? Lame, even for you.



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Your opinion is she had no voice but unless you were there when she and Donald were talking you really have no clue.

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Your opinion is she had no voice but unless you were there when she and Donald were talking you really have no clue.


 

I'm sure they talked. 

I must spell it out for you.

 

NO PUBLIC VOICE. The speech was made to the public, get it?



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Your opinion is she had no voice but unless you were there when she and Donald were talking you really have no clue.


 

I'm sure they talked. 

I must spell it out for you.

 

NO PUBLIC VOICE. The speech was made to the public, get it?


 YOU keep saying that's what she wants. Did she tell you so or are you psychic?   GET IT?



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Who wore it better? Melania.

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Your opinion is she had no voice but unless you were there when she and Donald were talking you really have no clue.


 

I'm sure they talked. 

I must spell it out for you.

 

NO PUBLIC VOICE. The speech was made to the public, get it?


 YOU keep saying that's what she wants. Did she tell you so or are you psychic?   GET IT?


 I do? I keep saying that's what she wants? LMAO... 

No dear I keep saying that's what I WANT... to see Melania address something that happened to HER.



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Who wore it better? Melania.


 Pictures please.

 

Can you please just not assume that I am in love with Hillary simply because I posted an opinion about Melania and how I would have liked to have seen her deal with an issue directly related to " her own words"? That is some sort of twisted logic imo.



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Well you aren't the boss of her either unfortunately for you.

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