the president faced a swift backlash from members of both parties. >> it's not the dumbest idea i've ever heard, but it's close. >> we might as well mail our ballot boxes to moscow. >> i am sure that vladamir putin could be of enormous assistance this that effort, since he's doing the hacking. >> others took to twitter. ben sase wrote, this should not happen and will not happen. why the president of the united states will tweet it is bizarre. republican senator marco rubio tweeted, partnering with putin on a cyber security unit is akin to partnering with assad on a chemical weapons unit. after the criticism about 13 hours later, president trump walked back the idea with a tweet, the fact that we discussed a cyber security unit doesn't mean i think it can happen. it can't. but a cease-fire can and did. i want to bring back my panel now with one new face.