Name: Laura Benanti Plagiarizes Melania Trump in This Perfect Impersonation
Uploaded: 2016-07-20T16:59:00Z
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Melania Trump's speech at the RNC was a major controversy. It (not so subtlety) plagiarized from Michelle Obama's 2008 speech at the Democratic Convention. The controversy then started a trend of memes and videos poking fun at the situation.

\u201cWhen you forget to study for the test... Can't make this stuff up! \ud83d\ude02 #MelaniaTrumpFamousQuotes #MelaniaGate #RNC\u201d
— Gino R. Campod\u00f3nico (@Gino R. Campod\u00f3nico) 1468949216

Tony winner Laura Benanti made a hilarious impersonation of Melania Trump on the Late Show last night using a host of plagiarized lines, from the Fresh Prince theme song to the Kit Kat Bar jingle, to prove her innocence and viability as first lady.

Update: Melania Trump's speech writer just admitted she totally screwed up. And we thought Melania wrote it all herself...

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