there were, you know, the alicia machado stuff was out there, what he called his miss universe pageantr, saying she gained weight, and the tape comes out, and he's talking about, you know, i don't need to grow through it, grab whatever, kiss women, he's going to get tic tacs, et cetera. this was a shocking moment that paul ryan, then speaker of the house says to lawmakers, republican lawmakers, do whatever you got to do, act in your own conscience when it comes to donald trump. i keep saying it, but i just remember vividly, senator mike lee from utah crying in a selfie video that put out there saying that he couldn't possibly, couldn't possibly support donald trump. >> it was over. >> the rnc was say, what are we going to do. let's get someone else in here. it felt like it was over, and it was the next day that michael cohen came to the agreement with stormy daniels. >> they were not allowed to play the tape. they were able to read the details of that. do we just say, everybody heard that tape? or heard about it. >> two things, remember the republican mantra against democrats was it's