president, to suggest if they don't participate, they are desserters. that's a military term. to suggest they could be traitors. obviously an incredibly loaded term to use, particularly regarding people who don't have any connection to government. many of whom are elderly, many of whom may not understand the subtext of these emails. email fund-raising messages often capitalize on reaching out to people who have trouble understanding the complexities of politics which is perhaps the least troubling thing about this extraordinarily over the top language. and the reality is that it matches what is actually going on within the republican party, kickly trump's leadership in terms of trying to corral people using extraordinary tactics into getting on board with amplifying this lie. >> robert costa, my colleague rachel maddow said at the beginning of the trump era, you know, watch what they do, not what they say.