held by republicans that hillary clinton carried last time and was going to face a tough , he had $700,000 in the bank. i think he would have gone on to win re-ele republicans to hold. but will was an outstanding member of the house. i'm sorry to hear people talking about him being a rhino. >> it's interesting to hear you saying that you -- he has at various moments criticized president trump. he narrowly won election in the last cycle. and so i think there was probably a lot of concern on his part that he wouldn't win. but let me ask you more broadly about what this means for the party. how can the republican party grow and be competitive in the house, try to win back the house when you have fewer and fewer minorities who are serving in women? >> actually they've had a good