accelerated since trump's departure from office. so, again, we can't predict with any certainty, but i think we should expect some pretty hardball politics from the republicans. >> steven, you know, people like to blame this on donald trump, but as you said, this started, you know, with the tea party and accelerated under donald trump. is this what the republican party -- did donald trump just allow republicans to become what they wanted to become, and that is a sort of autocratic party, a party that wants minority rule? >> it's a good question. i think it's a little bit of both. there's no question that the seeds were already there for trump. i mean, i think you take trump out of the picture, and i don't think the radicalization would have been as acute, as rapid. but there was a lot of extremist raw material for trump to play