If you’ve been following the news today, you will have seen that Donald Trump‘s wife has been accused of plagiarism in her keynote speech given to the Republican National Convention yesterday. Journalist Jarrett Hill accused Melania Trump of taking excerpts from an old speech given by Michelle Obama, of all people.
As with these things, Twitter quickly blew up with people ridiculing Mrs Trump for her brazen theft of Obama’s thoughts and ideas. At the forefront of this was actor Jesse Williams, who set up the brilliant hashtag #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes. The idea was to tweet famous quotes from history, but credit them to Melania, thus ridiculing her further.
Among Jesse’s hilarious miscredited quotees were Sojourner Truth…
"Ain't I a woman?" #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes #RNCinCLE
— jesse Williams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016
…Rihanna…
"Work, work, work, work, work, work
He say me have to
Work, work, work, work, work, work!" #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes— jesse Williams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016
…Harriet Tubman…
"I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— jesse Williams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016
…Martin Luther King Jr…
"I have a dream" #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— jesse Williams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016
…Beyonce…
"I got hot sauce in my bag. Swag." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— jesse Williams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016
…and Lauren Hill!
"Funny how money change a situation, Miscommunication lead to complication, My emancipation don't fit ur equation" #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— jesse Williams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016
Bravo Mr Williams!
