course, he was. but, i'm sorry, you were saying something about misleading information and a need to stick to facts? in any case, let's continue the conversation with the panel. mary katherine, let me start with you. in a blistering statement today, president trump said, quote, now that he is on his own, steve bannon is learning that winning isn't as easy as i make it look. steve had everything to do with the loss of a senate seat held in alabama by republicans. steve doesn't represent my base. he's only in it for himself. it's very interesting and we have doug jones' campaign manager here, so i want to get to you in a second. but he's again blaming bannon for the loss of the senate seat. >> yeah, it's rare i will take donald trump's side in a feud, but in this one, he's sort of right. it was a bad choice. luther strange was an imperfect choice, as well, in many ways. but he backed him. he went to war with donald trump in a more subtle way, doing that. and it turned out very badly. and that was a seat that was impossible to turn blue, so