backlogs, poor ballot design, logistical problems and if you've already laid the groundwork to say that the election officials here are incompetent it allows you to keep your supporters whipped up and allows you to question the results. >> we should point out in the "new york times" maggie haberman and others reporting this is essentially the gop strategy. it's something, scott, we have seen from president trump before. we have to look at pre 2016, the president setting the stage and trying to sow seeds of distrust. does this end up backfiring when you continually attack the institutions? >> i see this similarly but almost on the other side of the mirror. in 2016 we were all in a lather about the possibility that donald trump wouldn't accept the outcome of the election. in this particular case it's the democrats who don't at least from my perspective appear to want to accept the outcome of the elections. what i think we have in both parties is a breakdown of a willingness to accept democratic outcomes. it's clear the republicans have gone in georgia and it's clear