chess and you realized you've just been check mated and you throw the board over. you try to turn the whole thing into a farce. and this is clearly what they're trying to do, that they -- as the defenses crumble they need to talk about the process and to the extent that it is darker and darker picture for the president, what they're trying to do is they're trying to turn it into a circus. but i think it backfired on them. >> so by our count i believe and we can put this up here on the screen, republicans who participated in protests we've got almost ten or so republicans. yeah, there you see them right there. i'm curious to get your thoughts on this which is republicans making the argument that there's a shortage of transparency of it but the reality of it is, these individuals could have participated and could have come out, made their own statements as democrats have, but they chose not to. why do you think they decided to go this way as opposed to being candid and forthcoming and participating in this process? >> because they got nothing?