Melania Trump’s plagiarism scandal descended quickly into a farce Monday night.
The #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes hashtag trended worldwide on Twitter minutes after it emerged that she had apparently plagiarized parts of her Republican National Convention speech from an earlier address that first lady Michelle Obama had given.
Legions of people mocked the wife of presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump and imagined other hilarious phrases that the former model could also try to pass off as her own.
The trend had racked up more than 300,000 tweets by early Tuesday ― ranging from Adele song lyrics to excerpts from Martin Luther King Jr. speeches and celebrated movie quotes.
Here are some of the best:
"Hello, it's me." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— Johnetta Elzie (@Nettaaaaaaaa) July 19, 2016
life is like a box of chocolates #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— ADAM ROSE (@RealAdamRose) July 19, 2016
"Gotta catch em all!" #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— Rachel (@holyrrevenge) July 19, 2016
"I have a dream" #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016
You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off! #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— James. (@radioheadlol) July 19, 2016
"This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."#FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes pic.twitter.com/p6v5i0Fb0V
— Parker (@Parker9_) July 19, 2016
I shot the sheriff but I did not shoot the deputy #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— Monica Haynes (@thetalkdiva) July 19, 2016
We are the world,we are the children #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— Schacie (@Luvn_it86) July 19, 2016
"In West Philadelphia born and raised, on the playground is where I spent most of my days." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— Manny Herrera (@ManFred1701) July 19, 2016
Im also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— krystalpystol (@samaYOYO19) July 19, 2016
#FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes - "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds"
— Orlando Jones (@TheOrlandoJones) July 19, 2016
"Work, work, work, work, work, work
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016
He say me have to
Work, work, work, work, work, work!" #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— ℳarghattanhenge (@margarita) July 19, 2016
"YOU'RE FIRED!" #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes pic.twitter.com/c0G1RcQMPZ
— W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) July 19, 2016
#FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes Behold! The only thing greater than yourself.
— Jerry Walker (@JayWalker8012) July 19, 2016
"Just because we are magic does not mean we are not real" #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— Ashley Teboho Moloi (@AshleyMoloi) July 19, 2016
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— Broderick Greer (@BroderickGreer) July 19, 2016
"Give me liberty or give me death!" #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— Philip Lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 19, 2016
"Four score & seven years ago.." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— Sean Waltman (@TheRealXPac) July 19, 2016
"I'm strong to the finish cause I eats me spinach. I'm Popeye the sailor man." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— colton dunn (@captdope) July 19, 2016
“I am Spartacus.” #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— Eric Goldman (@TheEricGoldman) July 19, 2016
I did not have sexual relations with that woman. #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— Jessica Quick (@hockeyoveryou) July 19, 2016
If it doesn't fit, you must acquit #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— Hometown Hero (@LegendaryMKC) July 19, 2016
"Now this is a story all about how my life got twist-turned upside down." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) July 19, 2016
Girl you know its true, ooh ooh ooohh i love you... #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes #millivanilli pic.twitter.com/IryTUUDFh1
— Carin K (@thelovelymissCK) July 19, 2016
"It's the remix to ignition, hot and fresh out the kitchen." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— Don Jenver (@TJECS206) July 19, 2016
I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle. #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes pic.twitter.com/IDF0cO553y
— Nick Reilly (@NickJWReilly) July 19, 2016
life is like a box of chocolates #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— ADAM ROSE (@RealAdamRose) July 19, 2016
Billie Jean is not my lover. She's just a girl who claims that I am the one. #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— Robert F. Moore (@NYDNmanaging_ed) July 19, 2016
"Never test my patience sweety, I’m high maintenance. High class, if u ain’t rollin’ bypass." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016
"We are the world, we are the children; we are the ones to bring a brighter day, so let's start giving." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— Columbus Short (@ColumbusShort1) July 19, 2016
"It was all a dream, I used to read Word Up! Magazine..." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes (you think Rich Homie Quan knows that one?)
— Angela Rye! (@angela_rye) July 19, 2016
"The boy is mine." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— Johnetta Elzie (@Nettaaaaaaaa) July 19, 2016
"Oops, I did it again." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— Johnetta Elzie (@Nettaaaaaaaa) July 19, 2016
What's the matter, Hilary, you embarrassed?
— Rob Perez (@World_Wide_Wob) July 19, 2016
You aint a candidate, your dog's name is Clarence.#FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
"I'm Batman" #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— Keya Morgan (@KeyaMorgan) July 19, 2016
Welp. pic.twitter.com/xB8yVTFMNq
— Capt. Jake Ballard (@kidnoble) July 19, 2016
Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims ― 1.6 billion members of an entire religion ― from entering the U.S.
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