to local and national republicans about the outcome afterwards, their argument is the youngkin roadmap is not racist, it's listening to voters who don't think parents should be left out of the loop, which is what they heard terry mcauliffe say. what do you say? >> there's multiple variables. and i think part of the hot take that we're all engaged in is that we try to make an election about one thing. and it's seldom about one variable. and it's also, you know, we've got to step back and let our viewers -- educate our viewers a little bit. historically this is a pattern that's not unique to democrats, right? it's happened to republicans in the same position, it happened to republicans under george h., republicans under george w., it happened to democrats under both clinton and obama. so this is a cyclical thing. what i will say about critical race theory is i think this is -- it is the new dog whistle, right? it is the new sort of more eloquent, i would argue, racial