(Colbert) Melania Trump Did Not Plagerize Her RNC Speech

[betsuni]

[riversedge]

1. Oh this is funny. Thanks for post

[liberal N proud]

2. Leave it to...

Steven Cobert!

[oswaldactedalone]

3. Excellent

[NewJeffCT]

4. that was great

who is the woman playing Melania?

[baldguy]

5. Laura Benanti

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Benanti#Television

[betsuni]

7. She's great!

[4lbs]

14. Yes, she plays the Kryptonian mother and aunt (twins) on CBS' "SuperGirl" TV show.

She is beautiful and intelligent.

She also has a Tony award for her work on Gypsy.

[ailsagirl]

15. Laura Benanti (uncanny resemblance)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/21/arts/television/laura-benanti-on-her-transformation-into-melania-trump-on-colberts-late-show.html

[progressoid]

18. Wow, she did a great job with just a short time to prepare.

[ailsagirl]

19. She sure did

When she first walked out, I thought she was the real thing

But when she started kissing Colbert numerous times, I wondered!!

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Satire has its uses

Now let's trash Trump and GOTV with our local party committees

Volunteer today, we have work to do

[AllyCat]

8. See? She wasn't lying. She wrote the speech and the speechwriters wrote the speech.

She is the speechwriting staff.

[ffr]

9. LMAO

She's great!

[groundloop]

10. Genius.

[yuiyoshida]

11. that was great

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

12. Noooooooooooo she couldn't !!!!

[SCantiGOP]

13. I had quit watching Colbert

His show after the first night was terrific. Can't wait to watch my recording of night 2 with this skit - I actually thought that was her for a second.

[ailsagirl]

16. So did I

The resemblance was really striking!!

[spooky3]

17. The reader comments to this Guardian story on it are hilarious:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/shortcuts/2016/jul/19/melania-trump-speech-she-couldnt-make-it-up-michelle-obama