When congresswoman Joyce Beatty of Ohio spoke at the DNC, it wasn’t her speech that made headlines—it was her dress.
Now, you may be thinking that what an accomplished woman is wearing has nothing to do with her political acumen. But fashion is a powerful tool that can send a message, and when Beatty wore a dress that was identical to the one Melania Trump wore for her now infamous speech, people started to think that Beatty’s fashion choice may not have been accidental.
Beatty, who is a seasoned politician, claims that she had no idea that she was wearing the same dress. She states that her husband, also a politician, bought the dress and asked her to wear it for her speech. While some are treating this like a classic fashion faux pas, the choice seems to question if this is a subtle dig at Melania for giving a speech partially taken from Michelle Obama.
After all, the congresswoman laughed off the incident, telling reporters, “I just know that I used my own words when I wore the dress.”
