and remember this, he's an attorney. whatever decision he makes you're supposed to rely on an attorney to make a decision. >> joining us now, two career republicans who are not part of the trump party, bill kristol is the director of defending democracy together and editor at large of the bulwark. and peter wehner is a senior fellow at the ethics and public policy center. and bill, your tweet today really caught my eye, saying that republicans have struggled mightily against the label of the stupid party which was thrown at them across the aisle for decades. and you have the feeling now that that label is sticking to the people who are across the aisle from the democrats in the congress now. >> yeah. and unfortunately, deservedly so in many cases. look at the republican performance. when michael cohen testified yesterday look at cpac, the conservative conference, it was always a mix of kind of youthful, you know, high jinks and some showmanship.