Melania plagiarized Obama's "Talking with Kids about Being Online" booklet

[fleur-de-lisa]

The Rude Pundit @rudepundit

Fun fact: The White House trumpets “Talking with Kids about Being Online" as "a booklet by First Lady Melania Trump and the Federal Trade Commission." Except for an intro, it's exactly the same thing Obama's FTC put out.

3:01 PM - May 7, 2018

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[MANative]

1. On what public occasion has she NOT plagiarized Mrs. Obama? SMH... n/t

[Leghorn21]

2. Can't argue with this reply to the Pundit!:

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Because that is how Melania rolls. She knows Obama did it better.
3:03 PM - May 7, 2018

[Cha]

6. Priceless.. Mahalo, Leghorn!

[Leghorn21]

15. Yep - Melania knows...

Cha!

[arthritisR_US]

7. Wonder if she told them of her plans when they

were all at the Bush funeral?

[DesertRat]

31. Exactly right

[BumRushDaShow]

3. I'm surprised that everything there hadn't already been purged.

Apparently someone kept something that could be plagiarized (errr.... "repurposed" ).

[Cha]

4. JHC.. have they learned anything? Never mind

rhetorical.

Mahalo, Fleur, for this from Rude! We should have known.

[JDC]

5. Jesus. They are incapable of even the basics.

[RockRaven]

8. Their dishonesty is only matched

by their inability to hide their dishonesty.

Perhaps they aren't trying very hard, though.

[erronis]

19. I think you're on to something. They don't give a flying f. About this, about anything.

Especially about the welfare of this country.

They got theirs. If you don't have yours, it's because you aren't smart like them.

[Arkansas Granny]

9. I've come tot he conclusion that they do these things on purpose.

When people are arguing and bickering about inconsequential matters, they aren't paying attention to the important ways that Trump is screwing us all.

[ProudLib72]

10. Fine, has she talked to little Donnie yet?

Does she read this to him at bedtime?

[DesertRat]

32. According to reporting by the WashPo they rarely see each other

Can't say that I blame her.

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[ProudLib72]

40. Gave up a long time ago

"Get your little hand away from me!"

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

11. Oh FFS

[GeorgeGist]

12. This is petty.

It's obviously the work of the FTC not Obama or Melania.

[thesquanderer]

21. I agree. This is nonsense.

It's an FTC publication. And if Melania wrote or even merely signed off on a new intro as it seems, the credit is fine.

[bluedigger]

53. Agreed.

This isn't Pulitzer stuff, just an update of a government pub.

[The_Casual_Observer]

13. Daaaaahhhhhling!

[gademocrat7]

14. This woman is a lazy grifter.

No ideas or programs of her own. She doesn't care about anything but chump's money.

[LonePirate]

16. Here is another Twitter thread with more damning comparisons between the wo pamphlets.

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[Gothmog]

17. Who is surprised by this?

[Blue_Tires]

18. This is 100% by design...

They are systematically trying to erase or co-opt everything the Obamas were...

[AlexSFCA]

20. I would rather them plagiarize Obama than come out with their own vision

[treestar]

35. LOL true!

One can only imagine the horrors of their version!

[catbyte]

22. ...

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[dalton99a]

28. Perfect.

[DesertRat]

33. lol

[Achilleaze]

36. LOL

[True Blue American]

43. Could not be better

Now,get this. Joe Scarborough was talking about how Clinton lied all the time and now Trump.

Here is the irony, Joe said,” It breaks my ❤️!”

Joe Scarborough, backer of Trump, 100% until Trump turned on him,threatening to reveal Joe and Mika’s dirty secrets! Then Joe turned on Trump like a snake!

Joe is outraged about lying,after the dirty way he has treated Clinton and Hillary all these years!

[lpbk2713]

46. Good one

She is such a scholarly orator.

[keithbvadu2]

23. Something about a 'genius visa' comes to mind.

[sandensea]

24. Again!?

If imitation is the greatest form of flattery, Melania must be in love with the former First Lady.

[IADEMO2004]

25. Bless the "Deep State" They never sleep. I don't blame Melania a bit.

She just does what she is forced to do and I hope she can escape with her son.

[BannonsLiver]

26. I could only make out every other word she said.

[DesertRat]

34. Here's a video with subtitles

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[Achilleaze]

37. She sounds like a furriner. Are the repubes cool with that?

Does she have a green card?

How did she get over the WALL in those heels?

[DesertRat]

38. She's white and beautiful

And keeps quiet. That's all they care about.

[paleotn]

49. Quiet, yes....

The rest is in the eye of the beholder.

[Hekate]

27. At this point, I believe she is being set up to fail at every turn by her handlers...

I really don't think she is allowed any agency of her own. This is just grotesque.

[Ilsa]

29. Newsies said her handlers were trying to talk her out of cyberbullying

as a cause, but she insisted.

I doubt she's ever seen that Obama era booklet. Her handlers are just trying to get something done, because she's had a year and a half to get this going, and she hasn't done diddly-squat. Her handlers are just trying to keep their jobs.

I expect that by this time next year, the first floozy will declare "mission accomplished" on cyberbullying and move back to NYC.

[Kirk Lover]

44. I agree...this looks like an inside job. nt

[oberliner]

48. I think the exact opposite is true

[BobTheSubgenius]

30. Damn.

I was sorta trying to like her, or at least feel some empathy. She makes it difficult.

On the plus side of this little gem - at least she got someone to write an intro. So there's that.

[DesertRat]

39. "Be Best" ?

Shouldn't it be "Be the Best" or "Be Your Best"?? I guess grammar and literacy aren't her priorities.

[Stellar]

41. Sounds much better to me. nt

[LiberalLovinLug]

52. At least add the last part...

Be Best
Not Be Moran

[MrScorpio]

42. Is anyone here suprised?

Anyone?

[heaven05]

45. not surprised

M.O

[paleotn]

47. You expect something original?

From a plastic pole dancer?

[Mr.Bill]

50. Does anyone really think

she writes anything? Someone on her staff did this, not her. She barely speaks English.

[Achilleaze]

51. Pathetically low republican values are at the root of this rot

sad