plagiarism = automatic zero is the usual rule, but it'd've been an f even without.
The plagiarism was imbecilic and humiliating, but it was the least objectionable portion of the entire night. Telling how American media coverage is more concerned with Trump's bumbling third wife stealing a few platitudes from Michelle Obama, verbatim, than with the veritable feast of hatred, ignorance, and unadulterated rage that comprised the remainder of this ghoulish show, no?
This was exactly my reaction.
It's almost enough to lend credence to the conspiracy theories that Trump deliberately had her plagiarize to divert attention from the rest of the content. Almost, because we know Trump, in reality, does things by the seat of his pants.