are dependent on government than not. he had tried to accelerate us to that tipping point -- megyn: we're going to talk about that. >> last night shows -- megyn: we have a panel on that coming up at 2:30, but i just want to get a quick, quick, quick response, the status of women in the republican party. your thoughts. how much work, if any, do they have to do? >> well, i mean, they've always been at a disadvantage, and they obviously have to do a lot more work, and i think they have to figure out how to shut down some of these people who say crazy things -- megyn: legitimate rape. >> what happens is it makes abortion a proxy for women's rights. it means now, you know, even someone like me who's not even -- i'm pro-life, but i am so turned off by those comments, you think i can't be part of a party where people say these kinds of things. >> kirsten is right. the republicans should not allow themselves to play on the left's battleground, and abortion, that whole conversation -- megyn: the two guys tried to say we're not with them. >> i know, and you know what? it didn't matter. no republican candidate especially this time around