about anybody who will listen how the ex president is still pushing to illegally resign the election. >> this is the first time we've seen a former loyalist politicians strike back publicly to trump at least in this fashion. and it comes as the war in ukraine and other factors seem to be contributing to a diminishing of disgraced ex president. moe brooks doesn't have much to lose of course he's way down the polls in his race. which is the real reason why trump endorsed him, obviously. but trump stranglehold control of the republican parties being challenged. moe brooks that encourage -- republicans well we'll see about that. political founding editor john f. harris, trump makes so much noise and still so much fear in politicians, that it could be hard to see the deterioration is taking place in his political foundation. and john harris joins me now. i agree with your thesis john. and it's felt very palpable to be the last few weeks. but lay out why you think or seeing signs of the political