A speechwriter for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump offered her resignation Wednesday .
Meredith McIver said in her statement while helping Trump’s wife Melania Trump write her speech for Monday she wrote phrases Melania liked from Michelle Obama’s speech in 2008. McIver said she wrote the phrases Melania referenced and did not check for similarities.
“This was my mistake, and I feel terrible for the chaos I have caused Melania and the Trumps, as well as to Mrs. Obama,” McIver said in her statement.
The Trump campaign rejected McIver’s resignation.
“I apologize for the confusion and hysteria my mistake caused,” McIver concluded.
Emily Ernsberger
