you very much for your time. great to get your perspective. thank you appreciate it. okay let's bring in my panel. we have cnn political analyst natasha alfred with us republican strategist evan siegfried, cnn contributor and veteran broadcaster bob costas and motion when you knew founder of mo news, bob great to have you here, alison. this seemed like a good use of taxpayer money. no is there any possible answer to this sort of combination of its toxic, but it's also buffoonery. and that typifies too much of the republican party here. we have a republican strategist, but i see him nodding. you know , it's you people think at least many people think, depending on where you get your news that anything to the left of maga is somehow the most extreme leftist position. it's sensible republicans and conservatives who understand what once were the principles of the party that should be most alarmed by this sort of thing where we're