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# Republicans React To Melania Trump's RNC Speech

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## Video: Republicans React To Melania Trump's RNC Speech

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_Published 2016-07-19. TIME asked Republicans at the Republican National Convention their thoughts on Melania Trump's convention speech, which many says is very similar to Michelle Obama's 2008 convention speech._


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## Transcript

[ BLANK_AUDIO ] Let's get to the heart of that matter. I didn't know that there was such a thing as plagiarizing a spouse's speech when you talk about their family, their dedication to one another as spouses, their positive attributes, what they bring as a father and as a grandfather. Probably whoever wrote the speech isn't working [ TALKING IN BACKGROUND ] For the trump campaign anymore. I don't put any of that on her. I think the themes of the speeches, I mean we can look at different political speeches over the years and many of them have the same themes. Of course it did sound like there was some similarities.

I don't recall hearing from Mrs. Obama; s speech was anything about being proud to be an American. And I did hear that from Mrs. Trump last night. It was two lines in a very long speech, and it doesn't concern me. It doesn't bother me. The women feel that way about their husbands and their family. Quite frankly, I would expect her to say those things. Just as I would expect. Bill Clinton and Jackie Kennedy and Nancy Reagan. Everybody that has come before to talk about their spouse in a positive light.

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