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Jesse Williams easily demolished Melania Trump's speech on Twitter

"I, am Malcolm X."

Heather Dockray

on July 19, 2016

Jesse Williams easily demolished Melania Trump's speech on Twitter

Credit: ari perlstein/getty

Jesse Williams is an award-winning actor, a celebrated orator, and a master of Twitter takedowns.

Last night, the Gray's Anatomy actor joined hundreds of others on Twitter to criticize Melania Trump, after she delivered a speech that appeared to plagiarize lines from Michelle Obama's speech at the DNC in 2008. While so much beautiful art and so many inspirational memes came out of her speech, Williams dominated #FamousMelaniaSayings, and it's easy to see why.

First, Williams took issue with the argument that stealing lines word for word, line by line, from Obama's speech could have been a simple mistake:

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"I wrote it, w/ as little help as possible." Not just a lie: an unnecessary, transparent & bizarrely nonsensical lie https://t.co/mFVJMSQz8d
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016

Not her fault, she doesn't write her own resumes... w/ "as little help as possible." https://t.co/kHiFUiTa1c
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016

Williams further attributed other famous quotes by black leaders to Melania, and the juxtaposition couldn't have been more beautiful.

"My squad in the club, but you know they not dancin’ / We gangsta and gangstas don’t dance, we boogie" #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016

"I, am Malcolm X.” #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) 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

"I was told by AppleCare that I could walk in the store and get the part!!!!" #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016

"Chaka, Chaka, Chaka
Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan" #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016

"We're J.J. Fad and we're here to rock
Rhymes like ours could never be stopped. We're Supersonic." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016

"What a man, what a man, what a mighty good man." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016

"U.N.I.T.Y., U.N.I.T.Y. that's a unity." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016

"I rock rough and stuff w/ my afro puffs." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016

"I have a dream" #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016

And because no Tweetstorm is complete without a Beyoncé reference:

"I got hot sauce in my bag. Swag." #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 19, 2016

Swag.

Topics Elections Melania Trump

Heather Dockray

Heather was the Web Trends reporter at Mashable NYC. Prior to joining Mashable, Heather wrote regularly for UPROXX and GOOD Magazine, was published in The Daily Dot and VICE, and had her work featured in Entertainment Weekly, Jezebel, Mic, and Gawker. She loves small terrible dogs and responsible driving. Follow her on Twitter @wear_a_helmet.