that's straight from a demagogue and a dictator's rule book. this is how we get into deep, deep trouble. >> cynthia, as someone who is steeped in research on polarization, how do you diagnose this fact? you have trump's control of the party, you've got a wing of people who are ferociously on his side. there's a relatively small number of people saying the election was stolen and then you have a much broader swath who are kind of willing to play footsie. what does that add up to about what the party needs in america's two-party system right now? >> well, i think if we were seeing these conditions exist anywhere else in the world, the u.s. and our allies would be sending, you know, electoral monitors, would be sending election support for a fragile democracy essentially. i think when we live for so long in a country that likes to think