senator, has been successful. >> why would she do that? >> we'd have to ask her, who knows. but when we do an analysis of the election, the democrats won the popular vote. that's an important analysis to remember, but i want to talk to what mike was saying about working-class americans, and there's no debate, we didn't do a great job reaching out to them. but you know what we also didn't do? we didn't promise coal miners that they would be taken care of. we didn't promise that they would keep coverage -- >> no, you didn't make promises to coal miners. that's one of the reasons why you lost ohio. >> hold on, mike. everyone interrupted you. but you know what's happening to them now? donald trump and republicans are trying to take that coverage away through repealing the affordable care act. so we may not have connected enough, but we never lied, as your candidate did. >> jason, i have to ask you, is that a successful strategy when someone like kirsten gillibrand, who has been, you know, a respected politician and