senators who are in the pantheon of republican politicians in this country need trump's support. or at least the lack of his opposition to stay in power or maybe they feel like they do frankly. i think it's a little untested if chuck grassley told donald trump to go to hell, what would happen. it's hard to figure out where perception ends and reality begins. in the end, it doesn't matter because grassley was up there. he is effectively endorsing trump and that's really the calculation the entire party's making. listen to congressman steve scalise. it means he's the second most powerful person in the house and here he is on fox news just over the weekend refusing to answer the one question most likely to anger the former president. >> do you think the 2020 election was stolen from donald trump? >> well, chris, i've been very clear from the beginning. if you look at a number of