nameless person protesting at a restaurant, versus the president of the united states not even telling people of this country you should you shouldn't have done this, that nobody should do this. the election is one thing. but make no mistake about it, sanity will not return if the democrats take the house or the senate. >> the election -- the election isn't one thing. the election is the thing. you know, you can write your columns, and i used to be a reporter, and i love to write. you can go on television. the people have the power. you've got to take away the power from the mitch mcconnells. >> yes. >> from the paul ryans, from the dean hellers. and i could go on. and the only way to do that is the vote. because all this outrage doesn't mean anything if the same people are in power. >> i will say this. my own take on this is that it's necessary, but not sufficient. some sort of political check on power of the president in the republican party is necessary to