undermine him. >> no question. the other part of the president's statement which is notable, of course, is this claim, i'm quoting, all should condemn false accusations and any actual assault in the strongest possible terms, to say that, you know, i want to defend the actual victims of sexual assault. >> there has been -- there has been some asymmetry for how the republican party broadly has dealt with accusations of misconduct when it has been among somebody who is known among democrats like harvey weinstein and the way they're drawing the line on that is he has been charged with something. it's not the same when someone hasn't been charged such as steve wynn, the casino magnet and friend of the president who recently -- he was kicked off the rnc fundraising but is still around and still is a donor and why they are sort of suggesting this is not the same as what the president has been accused of.