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#FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes

#FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes

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Updated Jul 19, 2016 at 03:55PM EDT by Don.

Added Jul 19, 2016 at 02:21PM EDT by Don.

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About

#FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes is a satirical hashtag used to falsely attribute famous quotes and popular song lyrics to Melania Trump, the wife of the presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, in mocking her speech at the 2016 Republican National Convention, which quickly came under intense media scrutiny and accusations of plagiarism due to its similarities to a speech given by Michelle Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

Origin

On July 18th, 2016, Melania Trump delivered a speech in support of her husband's candidacy for president at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Following the speech, many accused her of plagiarizing portions of Michelle Obama's 2008 Democratic National Convention speech (shown below).



That evening, actor Jesse Williams launched the hashtag #FamousMelaniaTrump[1] quotes, which mocked Trump by falsely attributing famous quotes and song lyrics to her (shown below).[2]


jesseWilliams. @1JesseWilliams-13h "I got hot sauce in my bag. Swag." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes 10K 11K jesseWilliams. @iJesseWilliams 14h "have a dream" #FamousMelania l rumpQuotes jesseWilliams. @iJesseWilliams 14h " freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes 4.7K 6.2K jesseWilliams. @iJesseWilliams 14h "Ain't l a woman?" #FamousMelania 1 rumpQuotes 3.7K 5.6Ks

Spread

That evening actress Anna Kendrick tweeted[4] a quote uttered by actor Samuel Jackson in the 2006 thriller film Snakes on a Plane with the “#FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes” hashtag (shown below). On July 19th, the hashtag began trending on the microblogging site.


Anna Kendrick @AnnaKendrick47 Follow "I have had it with these mothahfuckin' snakes on this mothahfuckin' plane" #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes RETWEETS LIKES 9,707 26,449 1:04 AM -19 Jul 2016

That morning, Twitter user @MaisAbusalah[5] posted a troll quote-style image macro attributing "I am a proud, independent black woman" to Trump (shown below, left). Meanwhile, the official Huffington Post Twitter[3] feed posted a similar image macro falsely attributing four famous quotes to Trump (shown below, right). In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the hashtag, including The Daily Dot,[6] UpRoxx,[7] People,[8] CNN[9] and USA Today.[10]


"I AM A PROUD, INDEPENDENT BLACK WOMAN." MELANIA TRUMP ngilipcoH "That's one small step for <"There is nothing to fear but fear itself." man, one giant leap for mankind." -Melania Trump -Melania Trump "I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam-I-Am." "Winter is coming." -Melania Trump -Melania Trump

Various Examples


Laura Bedrossian @LauraBedrossian な L-Follow my fellow Americans ask not what your copy & paste can do for you, ask what you can do for your copy & paste #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes RETWEETS LIKES 1,414 2,222RO 7:40 AM-19 Jul 2016 t3 1.4K 2.2K Kate Spencer @katespencer Follow "About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes 1:12 AM 19 Jul 2016 わ 399 578 Daniel Preda @MisterPreda Follow "I'd very much like to be excluded from this narrative, one that lve never been asked to be apart of since 2009." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes 12:58 AM-19 Jul 2016 わ다 1,876 3,980 wikipedia brown @eveewing Follow "In west Philadelphia, born and raised. On the playground was where I spent most of my days." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes 1:18 AM 19 Jul 2016 わ다 1,231 1,740

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External References

[1] Twitter – #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes

[2] Twitter – @iJesseWilliams

[3] Twitter – @HuffingtonPost

[4] Twitter – @AnnaKendrick47

[5] Twitter – @MaisAbusalah

[6] The Daily Dot – The internet rewrites Melania Trumps RNC speech

[7] UpRoxx – Social Media Slams Melania Trump With #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes

[8] People – Twitter Lampoons Donald Trumps Wife with #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes

[9] CNN – #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes surfaces following plagiarism charges

[10] USA Today – #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes blows up Twitter

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Bateman, I, beforehand, apologize for stealing the format of a comment you recently posted. With that said…

At the KYM offices

Brad: STOP THE PRESS, PEOPLE! There's a Twitter hashtag trending!
Don: So?
Brad: It's related to Trump!
Don: Oh crap asfkfhasdfgas, did you already make an entry for that shit?!
Brad: Nonono, Twitter hashtags are too important for a peasant like me to handle, that's why I'm telling you so that you ca--
Don: It's done, frontpaging right now!
Brad: THAT'S why you're this site's admin!
[loud high-five]
Adam: I am blessed to work among gods.

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