important. he won the nomination without winning the majority of delegates. mitch mcconnell is very aware of that. >> in this interview, mcconnell said that one of the reasons why the republicans lost this moderate support was because of the former president. how does the republican party focus in on the swing voters. >> look at maryland governor hogan. he said about a year and a half ago that there was open talk within the former administration about folks trying to decide what to do about former president trump and really if they wanted him to be the nominee in 2020. elections are about the future. the biggest issue for the republican party is what's going to be in this primary. because a crowded republican primary field helped ascend donald trump in 2016. so the open question now, and again i go back to that poll, is