him regardless. look, joy, i never imagined that the russians would have an asset in the president. they've always had spies, et cetera, in our country, but just imagine having the president of the united states of america essentially throw our country under the bus. that's unprecedented. republicans in congress, the house and the senate, are only concerned about self-preservation because, again, to that poll from axios, they're looking at the numbers and they see a majority of the republican base are sticking with the president. because they're concerned with their seats and all the stature that comes with it, they're not willing to speak out aggressively enough. i can only tell you, joy, i think we're going to fill that burn come midterms and beyond. >> rick, there's a piece in "the washington post" that says the entire republican party is a russian asset. it may be because they convinced themselves that no tactic is too repugnant and no moral compromise too loathsome when you're serving the lofty goal of keeping democrats from power or