republicans like mehmet oz can take advantage of and are taking advantage of. is he right? >> first of all, i tend to like those pieces that come out after the election. i find him to be most helpful. then, if you're gonna navigate a little bit. steve, listen, iran races for a very long time as you know. and every race, this isn't new. this is core to the republican argument. no matter what's going on in terms of crime rates, up, down it doesn't matter. they try to turn you into soft on crime. i think that there is some things that probably certainly see more democrats talk about crime rates in red states, murder rates in red states. probably would've been useful to be talking about that three or four months ago. but you also have to just guarantee people you're gonna look out for them from a public safety standpoint i think john fetterman's trying to talk about that. so, there's no doubt that the crime issue is wounded democrats, maybe more than it needed to. and listen, my view and politics is, where you've got some weakness, whether it's exists neutrally or your opponent is gonna go there,