number of allies politically, basically saying, you know, gibb it up, move on. now, i will say that one of the factors i think going on here is that there s still a lot of people in his orbit who want him to continue to do this. we saw just this week, steven bannon on his own podcast radio show saying that trump will be reinstituted by 2022, if not before. you know, which is obviously absurd and it s not going to happen. but at the same time, i think he has a lot of people in his ear who actually do want him to be a significant political force and understand that if he makes it all about him, and all about his own gripes, that s something that s going to always prevent him from having the effect on potentially not just 2022 but 2024 that they would like him to have. howie: that seems to be the gop, at least privately. when trump does these things, election day was the real insurrection does it force you to say no, there is no evidence