lindsay graham saying that president trump should really rise above this and not engage in this type of politics. i do think it's significant and important to point out that president trump has a history of this type of rhetoric. remember, he launched his political career on the birtherism campaign, and that idea something that he has since stepped away from. but he engages in identity, race, and culture politics, ali, and he's giving us a preview, i think, of things to expect on the campaign trail as he fights go re-election, ali. >> kristen welker for us at the white house. joining me now is reena shaw, republican strategist and board member for the republican women for progress. reena's worked for republican members of congress and faced racist replarks from supporters of president trump. reena, you in fact in 2016 when you said you couldn't back trump, you started to face that backlash that included some of the language that we've heard today, the go back to where you came from. >> reporter: yeah. i received a racist voicemail in