have to go out and beat them. i went to 20 states and 60 candidates and we beat them and we won back the senate. >> the problem with what -- >> 30 seconds. go ahead. >> sometimes you have to beat them, but the deal with mitch mcconnell was a complete victory for the tea party. it extend the bush tax cuts permanently. they had been running against this for 10 years. we lost that economic argument because that deal extended almost all those bush tax cuts permanently and put in place the mindless cuts we still are dealing with today that are called the sequester. that was a great deal for mitch mcconnell and a terrible deal for america. >> you heard from the republicans that the reason why the tax cut had to be pass is they had to pay back the donors. they said those words.