5 Hilarious Moments From The Trump Convention

1. If you thought Melania Trump’s speech sounded familiar, that’s because it was suspiciously similar to the convention speech Michelle Obama gave in 2008. (Though Ms Trump has subsequently issued an explanation, below).

Melania Trump apparently plagiarized a section of Michelle Obama's 2008 convention speech https://t.co/mfej8VD6Bv pic.twitter.com/QHeCKRUIQG
— Gawker (@Gawker) July 19, 2016

2. Trump used a GIANT teleprompter to help him through his speech despite regularly (and very publicly) mocking Hilary Clinton for using one.

Giant TelePrompTer at #RNCinCLE – a device @realDonaldTrump once loved to trash > pic.twitter.com/N9LfbC0k2U
— Devin Dwyer (@devindwyer) July 19, 2016

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Bad performance by Crooked Hillary Clinton! Reading poorly from the telepromter! She doesn't even look presidential!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 2, 2016

Hillary Clinton made a speech today using the biggest teleprompter I have ever seen. In fact, it wasn't even see through glass, it was black
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 5, 2015

Hillary said such nasty things about me, read directly off her teleprompter…but there was no emotion, no truth. Just can't read speeches!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 5, 2015

3. Let’s just take a moment to appreciate some of the costumes worn by Trump supporters.

#FASHION on show at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. https://t.co/I0Y0HI9AXF #RNCinCLE pic.twitter.com/tQkAAL7XDh
— triplejHack (@triplejHack) July 19, 2016

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4. Things got so heated the gavel started falling apart.

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THE RNC GAVEL IS ALREADY FALLING APART pic.twitter.com/6sL4Mp3z8V
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) July 18, 2016

5. As always, there were the hilarious reactions on Twitter…

https://twitter.com/BryanVanNorden/status/755144730510581764/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/755136890966249474/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/BradThor/status/755144546074365956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

As delegates revolt at #RNCinCLE, I picture @HillaryClinton sitting in an office somewhere like pic.twitter.com/kQAbKhSunR
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) July 18, 2016

If you're just showing up to catch the #RNCinCLE right now… pic.twitter.com/Vp4KmFFfxb
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) July 18, 2016

Erin Cook

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