these things that have been happening, how do you -- how do you allow a president of the united states to manipulate somebody on his political behalf by withholding vital military aid? it's just wrong. >> well, and yeah, there's this confluence, right? it's syria, which is a real bridge too far for a lot of republicans i'm talking about. they actually think it's worse than what he did in ukraine. there's that, there's ukraine -- >> i don't understand that -- >> potential quid pro quo. you'd have to talk to some of them, but for a lot of republicans this syria mistake is a very, very big deal. it feels like a betrayal not just to our military but to our allies, not just the kurds but israel and other actors, it's a big deal, but the confluence of syria with potential quid pro quo, with the g-7 doral contract, it's all intersecting. do you think all of this might just push, you know, republicans