"legitimate political discourse" put out by the rnc in reference to the 1/6 insurrection. mitch mcconnell breaking from the rnc, ted cruz pushing back against mcconnell. none of this can be helpful for the republican party from a political standpoint. >> no, it's certainly not. what you see is mcconnell continue to try to flirt with getting past donald trump. but mcconnell doesn't hold the fates in his hands, donald trump does. the party remains in his grip. if he runs, he will be the front runner. if he doesn't, you'll see the republican party try to move past it. look, republicans have the luxury, though, right now, to go back to the obama conversation, of being in the opposition. they just get to say, look, this is the democratic ball game. and i think what president obama was trying to get at is how do you define the democrats going into this election. and it's very simple. you can be on the right side of history with all of these big