now, i will give him credit the sop punch is above his weight, okay? and the leap is smart. and we have to take them seriously. but the suggestion the suggestion i'm some kind of agent of russia is too much. >> shannon: what do you make of the accusation that republicans, in general, too close to vladimir putin and doing work as president? >> i think the problem is, they came out and said even tulsi gabbard is a russian agent for pete's sake. this is a veteran who has served congress well. the reality is, they are trying to change the narrative. they know in 2017, there was plenty of mainstream media reports coming out and saying, hey, look, guess what the ukraine was involved in 2016 election. and you can go through and reiterate those if you will. but to say that somehow that