they understand it's not fair while the pushback was virtually nonexistent because there were republicans all over scrambling to figure out what was in this thing, including, according to reports, the secretary of the department of homeland security, which is crazy. that sort of thing can't happen. >> bret: you have president obama releasing a statement, "heartened by the level of engagement around the country. "he spoke about the role of citizens and how americans have a responsibility to be guardians of our democracy. citizens exercising their constitutional right is exactly what we expect to see when american values are at stake. ten days, 11 days. how the former president weighs in on a policy issue. >> it's extraordinary that it only took ten days for him.