Cenk Uygur
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Melania’s Plagiarism: Republicans Squirm To Change Subject
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July 20, 2016
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7:26Now PlayingRepublicans rallied the troops to defend, obfuscate, and distract from the fact that Melania Trump read part of Michelle Obama’s speech. SAD! Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz (What The Flick?), Ana Kasparian, and John Iadarola (ThinkTank), hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"As the plagiarism controversy started to swirl on social media, Trump spokesman Jason Miller — the former Cruz staffer who deleted a bunch of anti-Trump tweets right after Trump hired him — released a statement that completely ignored the controversy. It merely said Melania’s speechwriters “took notes in her life’s aspirations, and in some instances included fragments that reflected her own thinking.”...
A few hours later on Tuesday morning, New Jersey governor-turned-Trump surrogate Chris Christie was tasked with the unenviable duty of defending Melania’s speech during an interview with Matt Lauer. Christie argued there was no impropriety since “93 percent of the speech is completely different from Michelle Obama’s.””*
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Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz, John Iadarola, Ana Kasparian
Cast: Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz, John Iadarola, Ana Kasparian
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