sharply written reduke. paul ryan is focusing on defeating democrats and all republicans running for office should probably do the same. let s bring in the panel. april ryan has american urban radio network. michael steel with the press secretary for the former press secretary. the president and ceo of latino and msnbc contributor. nice to see all of you with us. right off the bat, donald trump staunched the bleeding as it were. it was a better base that was satisfied. and the new poll said basically, republicans should stick with this guy. we like this guy. why is he going after them in this way and effectively increasing the fut within the party? if donald trump loses to hillary clinton, it s because donald trump lost. the establishment republicans were not anything else.