politically. he hasn't suffered political consequences from this. during the election, he did all this and was elected. republicans in congress are in primary season right now. you have candidates running for office on the republican ticket who don't want to cross trump because that's just the reality of the republican base right now. that may change later on. we'll see. but at this point i don't see the incentive for them just from an analytical perspective to stop the president from saying these things. >> no incentive for them. but the republican party has always been a party that's been very serious about their principles, very serious about what they believe in and what they do not believe in. morals were certainly a big part of it. but also the rule of law was a big part of republican orthodoxy. they would tout it a lot. what did they go on this? >> i think to speaker boehner's point it's not in a the republican party is taking a .i