is onryl atkinson twitter. thank you so much for joining us this morning. less than one week to go, we are joined by ohio democratic party chairman david ever -- david pe pper. let's talk political fiction. who is jack sharp? david: he is a fictional character i wrote about. about themory american election -- an american election being great. politico with the recent story about david pepper's story. saying it reads like a you user's guide -- a user's guide for the last two years, mentioning russians flipping election to put publicans and power and how politics played and outside role. -- played an outside role. you wrote this before the election so how did you come up with this idea? david: i came up with the idea years ago. a couple of reasons but mostly, i am a frustrated person when it comes to gerrymandering. that is the origin of the book. i wanted to talk about how gerrymandering creates dysfunction in our system. but also, border security systems and other things. -- voter security systems and other things. goid not intend for this to the way it has