this started with obviously the president calling -- the ex-president calling the georgia secretary of state and saying find me one more vote than what i need for the margin, right? and focusing on those states that would have been determinative of the outcome. it has now metastasized. i find the texas part of this really fascinating, grimly fascinating, because it indicates something even deeper and more pernicious than just a power play to try to overturn the election. so jelani you've got this hood county example in which trump wins over 81%. over the weekend on saturday the ex-president issuing a statement basically calling on the texas speaker to immediately move a forensic audit bill like the arizona bill in that state. if it doesn't pass soon we look forward to seeing him in the texas primary, it will get done one way or the other. again, trump carried texas. there's not a question about who won texas. there's something more profoundly destabilizing happening here i think. what do you think? >> sure, there is. for the record, george washington is the only president