he feels that the congress has already done enough with past bills to deal with election security. so it is doubly on him now if it goes wrong. he is completely exposed himself by not doing this. now, are there partisan aspects to the bill that the house passed? maybe, but that's why you have a compromise. you look at that and figure out where you can work it out. they did it on a multitrillion dollar spending bill. they can do it on something to protect american democracy. >> if donald trump put out a tweet tomorrow that said we do need to protect our elections, let's pass a bill, the republican view would change like -- >> what about when he says the election was rigged? >> in that sense the fact that he's so skeptical sends the exact opposite. >> let me get shawn to weigh in. you used to work for the director of national intelligence. when you have a president who has been silent or pooh-poohs