Priebus Says Speechwriter Should Be Fired

[brooklynite]

Source: Political Wire

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus told the Washington Post that he had not seen a video comparing the speeches of Melania Trump and Michelle Obama in 2008 but that “it certainly seems reasonable to me” that someone be fired over it.

Said Priebus: “Certainly, I don’t blame her for any of that.”

Asked whether it constituted plagiarism, Priebus said: “I don’t have a view yet, but I may later this morning.”

Read more: https://politicalwire.com/2016/07/19/priebus-says-speechwriter-should-be-fired/

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...after I speak to Trump and he tells me what I think...

[snooper2]

1. I didn't notice but one thing- She was having trouble reading the teleprompters

Given she does know more languages than anybody in that room did LOL

Was kind of funny as shit that all the BS they give with Obama and "prompters", She read three sentences on the left- Three on the right. Three on the left, three on the right. PAINFUL to watch...

[B2G]

2. Teleprompters take some getting used to.

She's not a professional speaker, so I can't fault her for that one.

The speech content, that's another matter. But I also have a hard time believing she wrote it herself. Someone's going under the bus...very soon.

[snooper2]

4. Oh she didn't write any of that herself... Looked like she speed read it maybe twice

Was not familiar with the content whatsoever...

[Setsuna1972]

27. Last night on NBC

Trump stood right next to his wife as she told Matt Lauer that she wrote it herself . I think Trump himself literally cut and pasted the speech and begged her to read it on live tv . Now with the absolute dumperster fire in full effect, she'll be upset about being lied to and made of, and Trump will withdraw to save his marriage .

[B2G]

28. Dream on. nt

[cynzke]

3. BET IT WAS ONE OF THE KIDS OR SON-IN-LAW!

Trump is too cheap to hire a speech writer.

[underpants]

29. I think Scott Baio's going to take the fall for this

I mean, he WAS there

[63splitwindow]

31. Or the ((Donald) Duck Dynasty guy who preceded Baio...

[Botany]

5. Well Melania said she wrote the speech to Matt Lauer.

[Laurian]

6. I think she said that before all hell broke loose.

[Botany]

9. Yes, that is true but that makes it all the more damning

[alcibiades_mystery]

10. Um, exactly

[KeepItReal]

12. Yes she did. Obviously, Donald's gotta fire her.

[skepticscott]

21. She said she wrote it

"With as little help as possible". Which, in her case, means "with a lot of help".

[KansDem]

7. GOP = "Gang Of Plagiarizers"

Asked whether it constituted plagiarism, Priebus said: “I don’t have a view yet, but I may later this morning.”

His view? "Voters quickly forget what a (wo)man says."*

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*[font size="1"]Richard Nixon

[LiberalFighter]

8. So they should fire Melania? I go for that.

But then Trump would have to scrounge for another wife.

[skepticscott]

22. You're assuming Trophy #4

Isn't already waiting in the wings.

[bucolic_frolic]

11. The speechwriter

is someone who doesn't understand that everything is scrutinized today

or someone who wanted to undermine her credibility

My hunch is she either did "write" it herself, or farmed it out to
a close friend or underling

But now that the game is up, it's an arm's length ghost writer

You mean they plagiarized the nation's first black First Lady's speech,

after all the racism the campaign oozes? SMH

[LynneSin]

13. Don't worry, Melania Trump will probably be fired after Donald fails miserably in November

I'm sure Donald is already eyeing up Mrs Trump #4, maybe some 20-something intern on the Trump campaign. Melania is already getting close to her age limit for being a Trump wife.

[bluedigger]

14. Now you're just being silly.

Trump will find his next wife overseas on the internet, like God intended. There are still some jobs American women won't do.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. Donald to get Hope and exChange Melania for that Hick press secretary (27 yo Hope Hicks). . . nt

[SunSeeker]

25. Yep. She's 46 and her face is so botoxed she can barely blink. nt

[yellowcanine]

15. Mr. Priebus may have stepped in it if Melania did indeed write the speech.

Or even one of the sons. Or maybe he knows who the speechwriter is and is happy to see them go?????? Tune in to tomorrow's episode of "All my (Trump) Children" to find out!

[Initech]

16. Well....... duh!!!!

[secondwind]

17. Earth to Priebus: SHE SAID SHE WROTE IT

[groundloop]

20. Yes, but if the speechwriter had done a better job her lie would never have come out

I'm enjoying this fiasco way too much, I need to get back to reality sometime soon.

[bemildred]

18. You can't fire Melania. nt

[rladdi]

23. You gotta understand she dropped out of college after one year. She does not have a degree.

[truthisfreedom]

24. Hey, I dropped out of college after one year, and I haven't plagiarized a First Lady yet!

Give me time.

[forest444]

26. And not just some lowly speechwriter. Rethugs need to reince their priebus.

On the downside, we'll have another Superfund site to deal with.

[Blanks]

30. Fire Priebus...

That's the logical thing to do. Especially since he thinks someone needs to go.

[TexasBushwhacker]

32. I think it was an inside job

I think a disallusioned speechwriter cribbed from Michelle on purpose. I realize Trump didn't marry Melania for her brains, but surely she would have the sense to steal from Ann Romney or Laura Bush, OBAMA'S wife.

[sofa king]

33. I think is was a guarantee of payment

Trump is notorious for not paying, and I think the ghostwriter deliberately poisoned and rickrolled the document as a first draft, with the final to be delivered on payment. The Trumps liked the first draft, stiffed the writer, and NOW they're paying for it, for sure.

[TexasBushwhacker]

34. That makes perfect sense! n/t