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How ‘common’ were the words Melania and Michelle both used?

By Timothy P. Carney
Published July 19, 2016 3:03pm ET
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How ‘common’ were the words Melania and Michelle both used?
What makes Melania Trump's speech so striking is that she used the same exact platitudes as Michelle Obama, in the same exact order, with only minuscule variation of the words. (AP Photo) | Carolyn Kaster

“These were common words and values,” Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort said, defending Melania Trump from the charge that she plagiarized Michelle Obama’s 2008 convention speech.

How common were they? It’s fair to say Michelle Obama wasn’t the first person to use those phrases

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