The first night of the Republican National Convention ended dominated by one bizarre question: Was Melania Trump’s convention speech plagiarized from a Michelle Obama convention speech from 2008? Trump delivered several lines on Monday night that sound almost identical to some from Obama’s 2008 convention address. Now, these are not banal lines that you might expect in any speech given by a political spouse. They're lines of actual substance and style, which is why people are calling this plagiarism -- not a coincidence. Watch for yourself. Here's a very good way to get a sense of how close they are:
