step away. if you give the republicans the ability to point to democrats as the super-woke culture focused on the wrong things that don't matter to voters, you're going to lose. it's that simple. >> meanwhile, geography becoming more reflective of america's political divide as americans increasingly drawn to regions with like-minded political views. and we've seen that during this pandemic. i want to play one more sound bite and start with you, tyrus, to get your reaction to this. we were just talking about, you know, defunding the police with respect to crime, but it is going to be an, shy -- an issue when it comes to the midterm elections. listen to ilhan omar here. >> how do you feel when you see self-proclaimed progressives loudly distancing themselves from the defund movement? >> when you see so many people with addiction problems and you see the level of homelessness we have in our communities and you still say more resources