they re corrupt. that is a lie. and to boot, he also brought race into his imaginary sleight. one who referred to trump investigating his efforts to overturn the election results in florida asked the fbi to provide security for buildings and staff. now, trump also put out a statement that more or less admitted that he did want pence to overturn the election. joining us now cnn political commentator s.e. cupp and jeffrey toobin. trump did three things over the weekend. i want to discuss each one if we can. number one, the call to arms, the biggest protest he has ever seen. number two, dangled pardons. and number three, the statement where he basically said, yes, i wanted pence to overturn the election results, not that there was any doubt. i want to start with the call for the biggest protest ever which many say, hey, he is
administration and my marriage to donald trump. i m sure she, you know, had a headache a lot of nights. i m not all that surprised, honestly. she was not very engaged and i don t know how to read that. i m not going to put her on the couch. come on, s.e. was she confident he was going to win or she knew he wasn t? i don t know. but melania is such an interesting mystery wrapped in a riddle in an enigma, right? she s just very hard to unfold. but the sleeping through part, i get, i completely get. there s disengaged and then there s asleep. they re two different i would have retreat today my bedroom, too, and said, wake me when it s over. i m sure it was a lot for her, you know, just all of the ups and downs and the craziness.
i m sure it was a lot. i can completely relate to her not wanting to be in the office with him, stand by his side, ready to go on camera. i would have wanted to go to my room, too, and said, call me when it s over. wake me when it s over. wake me up when november ends. exactly. i can put a twist on it, yes. s.e., there s a lot that of discussion that was like, you know, over my head a little bit, but not really. but thank you very much for that. were you asleep? appreciate it. did you have a headache? coming up, a white house committee says new evidence shows one of trump s top advisers failed to heed crucial warnings at the start of the pandemic. congressman jim clyburn joins us on what the house probe uncovered. plus, after 18 dark months, broadway is back. see the biggest shows raising the curtains and welcoming back audiences.
and so i m not sure how successful it was. i do like that she s promoting a sustainable designer, a designer who cares about putting black products on shelves. i love brother valley s accessories and shoes. they re $700 shoes, $1600 bags. they re gorgeous. i hope aurora james has a boost in sales from this. i m just not sure we ve tackled economic inequality with this stunt. you know, i think that s a very interesting question. what are we talking about? actually, thank you to s.e. for putting this i ve been trying to figure out how to think about this. on one hand, like you said, it is an expensive brand. on the other hand, if you look at the website, she is a black creator in a largely white space promoting black models, you know, she s doing a lot. yeah. to advance, you know, what
and i lent it to her for the night. i think it s a super special piece. we created a really powerful message there. you have caught a lot of eyeballs and a lot of attention certainly in putting this dress out there. aurora james, thank you so much for being with us. thank you for having me. you can t wear a dress like that again. people would know. you don t want to repeat. it s like wearing a wedding dress in a way. not going to wear it again. for more on this i want to bring in commentator s.e. cupp. the met gala is my personal help. the idea of dressing up with hoity-toity people as brianna says after 9:00 p.m., i can t think of anything worse. the question about this dress is, you know, is alexandria ocasio-cortez, is it somehow hypocritical for her going to this clearly elitist thing, even delivering that message? i don t know that it s