--- title: Republican Convention: Make Your Own Plagiarized Speech description: This TIME interactive allows you to make your own cribbed Republican Convention acceptance speech by lifting the words of other candidates. canonical: https://time.com/4414053/republican-convention-melania-trump-plagiarism-generator/ author: Chris Wilson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-19T23:05:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:56.181Z article:section: Politics og:title: Make Your Own Plagiarized Convention Speech og:description: Don't let Melania Trump have all the fun. og:url: https://time.com/4414053/republican-convention-melania-trump-plagiarism-generator/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Make Your Own Plagiarized Convention Speech twitter:description: Don't let Melania Trump have all the fun. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Make Your Own Plagiarized Convention Speech > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=f0999633-b344-44de-b004-22203364416b&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1)  by [Chris Wilson / Cleveland](https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/)  ## Chris Wilson / Cleveland Jul 19, 2016 11:05 PM UTC  by [Chris Wilson / Cleveland](https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/)  ## Chris Wilson / Cleveland Jul 19, 2016 11:05 PM UTC In her address to Republican delegates Monday night, Donald Trump’s wife Melania [borrowed several phrases](http://time.com/4412175/republican-convention-melania-trump-michelle-obama/) from the speech that First Lady Michelle Obama delivered to the Democratic convention eight years ago. The blunder forced the campaign to [play defense all](http://time.com/4412477/melania-trump-campaign-blames-hillary-clinton/?xid=homepage) of Tuesday. But Melania Trump should not have all the fun. This TIME interactive allows you to make your own cribbed Republican Convention acceptance speech by lifting the words of candidates going back to 1960\. (We’ll mix and match the lines and string them together for you.) Click or tap the names to toggle your sources and the paragraphs themselves to see who originally said it. 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