>> so, joining me now is matthew dowd. matthew, thank you for joining us. big announcement today. you running -- >> my pleasure, don. >> -- as a democrat for texas l lieutenant governor. you are running against the party you dedicated years of your life to, because you see the gop as a threat to democracy now. so, what's at stake not just in texas but the whole country you think? >> well, what's at stake -- thank you for having me, don -- what's at stake, um, is our very foundation of our democracy. and actually, the lives of -- of millions and millions of citizens in texas but across the nation. and it's not a choice anymore between two sort of equal-political parties that have different ideological beliefs. it's a choice between team democracy, which is the democratic party that still believes in majority rule. and team autocracy, which is the republican party that believes in tyranny of the minority. and every single decision they