secret russian agent. this is hardly nuanced. here's one headline from "the washington post." "mitch mcconnell is a russian asset." the memes are everywhere labeling him moscow mitch due to his opposition of two democratic bills supposedly aimed at preventing election interferenc interference. >> these people have worn out the volume knob so badly that they have nothing left but the most unhinged smears. welcome to modern-day mccarthyism. >> sandra: here now, charlie hurt and richard goodstein. a good evening you both. charlie, start us off here. it's hard to believe they are calling it mitch mcconnell a russian asset. >> yeah, you know, it's kind of comical -- let me say the first thing, i love seeing mitch mcconnell swing back. that is a page right out of donald trump's playbook. the media comes at you with this crazy insane stuff like this.