>> Melania Trump finally broke her silence in regard to the riots that took place in
the Capitol, the riots that resulted in five people dying, very serious situation.
But the statement that she released leaves much to be desired, which I guess is only expected
with the Trump administration and anyone associated with it.
She says, I am disappointed and disheartened with what happened last week.
I find it shameful that surrounding these tragic events there has been salacious gossip,
unwarranted personal attacks, and false misleading accusations on me from people who are looking
to be relevant and have an agenda. This time is solely about healing our country and its citizens.
It should not be used for personal gain. No one's talking about you Melania, no one cares about you.
No one's engaging in salacious gossip about you. The Capitol was breached by an angry armed mob,
people died as a result. Members of Congress had their lives threatened by these people,
who, by the way, were only minutes away from being in the exact same room as them.
No one cares about you. No one is engaging in salacious gossip about Melania Trump.
The fact that that's her statement is just beyond ludicrous. What is wrong with her? I
would have preferred if she didn't release a statement at all. But it actually gets worse.
Before I get to those details, Francesca, I don't know, maybe I'm being too harsh.
Maybe that was actually a kindhearted, concerned statement from the First Lady.
>> I mean, I don't know, because have you ever tried to decorate for Christmas in the
White House? It's very difficult. I mean, it's incredibly hard. I know that it's hard
to overturn an election illegally and to mob, but I have been mobbed.
My life is a mob. Okay, I just love the idea of Melania outside, like Be Best, handing out
buttons, like here, Be Best, before the rioters go and try and put lawmakers in flexi cuffs. Be best,
my god. Lady, no one's gonna buy your reality show after this, okay?
No, okay, maybe Spike TV. Does that still exist? I'm glad it doesn't.
I'm full of very relevant, relevant movie references and television references today. No,
Melania, poor thing. >> Yeah.
>> Was the rose bush better? Is anything better after Melania, anything?
>> No, nothing is better after the Trump administration.
Things have only devolved, unfortunately. Look, to be fair, in her statement, she also
shared her condolences for the people who died during these riots, and she named them by name.
And she did follow that with, I absolutely condemn the violence
that has occurred on our nation's Capitol, violence is never acceptable.
However, as the riot was taking place, there was pressure for Melania Trump to get Donald Trump
to do something, right? But she was very busy, Francesca,
very, very busy. She was engaged in a photo shoot,
so she can have pictures of her decorating skills for a coffee table book that she's working on.
And that's just a lot more important than ensuring that a riot is ended as soon as possible so people
don't get hurt. Photos were being taken of rugs and other items in the Executive Residence
and the East Wing, a person familiar with the day's activities with the first lady told CNN.
And by the way, I should also note that she just was disinterested in doing something about this.
Give me a break, who cares, as she said about children who were locked in cages
in the border. Her disinterest in addressing the country was indicative of being checked out,
said another White House source, who added, quote,
she just isn't in a place mentally or emotionally anymore where she wants to get involved.
As if she's ever been involved in any type of fruitful way, really,
and- >> It is, go ahead, Ana, continue.
>> No, no, no, the final thing I wanted to mention was just that she got a lot of heat
during the Republican National Convention in 2016 because it seemed as though she
had lifted portions of Michelle Obama's speech and repurposed it for her own speech.
Well, Kate Bennett reports that it appears that Melania Trump has also copied parts of
her statement from herself. So she's just kind of recycling stuff that she said in the past.
Significant similarities between the statement today
and the RNC speech from August. And then if you look at this image, it'll show you,
the highlighted section that seems to be repurposed from today and then the RNC speech.
The common thread in all of these challenging situations in America's unwavering resolve
to help one another. So exact same line from August used to respond to what happened in the
Capitol last week. Go ahead, Francesca. >> I mean, that's perfectly on brand for
robot, stand-in, cold, calculating, trophy wife that she is and has represented.
I mean, this is what's interesting. Look, I don't believe, and I'm not really all that excited about
palace intrigue and, what's the first lady gonna do, but do something.
Make a mark, have a minimal legacy, you're the first lady.
A program that was successful, I don't know, Michelle Obama got fruit in Walgreens.
That's actually kinda good. >> Do something, I mean, in addition
to a lot of other stuff, and there's degrees of how much people like Michelle Obama. But
she straight up was like, well, I wore a tuxedo along with my husband, you guys miss this? She and
her husband both wore tuxedos at a recent gala, of course in the middle of a pandemic, no masks.
But that's the extent is she was a fashion icon. But she wasn't, and
it's all a little bit like, the Nazis had fashion icons as well. There was a whole genre of women in
different looks and I feel like that's what we saw with Melania's FLOTUS time. But we'll see.
I didn't know that it was possible to be, I mean, I guess you have to be cold and calculating to be
married to Donald Trump, but, wow. >> I just can't imagine being in a
position to maybe have some influence on Trump, maybe have some influence to do the right thing
and prevent people from getting hurt.
And no, her coffee table book. >> Yeah.
>> The photo shoot for her coffee table book, pictures of rugs seems to be more important
than doing what she could do, right? I mean, who knows if she would have any real impact,
but it doesn't matter. She had no interest in trying to have an influence
over that situation to prevent people from getting hurt, didn't care, didn't care.
Who cares, give me a break, that is the line that I'll never forget from Melania Trump. Because not
only did she apply that to children at the border, that's just the kind of mentality that she's had
throughout this administration. And I guess, I don't know, for people like us,
we often think about what we would do to help people if we had the ability to do it.
And she finds herself in this position
through no hard work, through no merit, and she just doesn't care to have any positive
influence and I just think that's telling. >> Yeah, but also, it is definitely hard work to
have slept with Donald Trump. Okay, let's just be real.
Let's be real. That's gotta be gotta be a hard pill to swallow. Okay, I'm done,
I'm done. But that is but you're right. No, she's done nothing to rein in his worst instincts, so.