the bill was derailed by thumbs down from john mccain of arizona. once ridiculed by the president for getting captured during vietnam. in between those sign posts there was a series of unfortunate events including the previously-mentioned ban on military svicey transgender people and the infamously boy scouts jamboree speech that sounded more like a political rally and prompted the boy scouts themselves to issue an apology. and of course, anthony scaramucci s profanity-laced interview in which he attacked then chief of staff reince priebus and chief strategist steve bannon. topping all that off was the ouster of reince priebus. and the appointment of a new chief of staff also by twitter. joining me the matt mccove yak. matt, i would say you re not a never trumper. you re not on the trump train. you re in between as a republican guy. a republican operative. if i were a republican