it never was about ideology. i'm a progressive. i have a lot of strong progressive positions and i stand by my record. that's not what this was about. when you have a candidate that's been writing they'd rather have their teeth pulled out than move back to the state that they're running in without anesthesia, that's concerning. and then when they continue to write articles that offend the african american community, people with disabilities, people from texas, i think that's disqualifying. and i stand by that decision. >> so no regrets on that. jim clayburn recently said all democratic leaders should step down if dems don't win the house back in november. do you agree? >> i think all our colleagues and people across the country want us fighting for them, and they want us to be focusing on those efforts. our colleagues have been clear. and i support many of our leadership that we have in place today. i support leader pelosi and mr.