in 2016 in certain states, but it did not work for all republicans in 2018, and there are serious questions about whether this will be effective again come 2020, particularly now that you have democrats who are being so vocal about this regularly on such a big platform airing their concerns. i should note as far as republican reaction, our team over on capitol hill has snagged a myriad of senators walking by the cameras saying that they had no comment or that they hadn't seen or that they hadn't heard, which again is a pattern of what we have seen in certain instances in the past of controversial things the president has said or tweeted. his allies like senator lindsay graham has come to his defense, as well as kevin mccarthy. >> hallie, thank you very much. joining me here in washington is mark lauder. he is the director of strategic campaigns for the former trump campaign. i appreciate you being here. simple question, why did the president lie saying that he tried to stop that chant?