i got a phone call at 12:05 from my mentor to tell me to, senator hank sanders said that the head of the democratic party was to give me a call. i said, well, okay. so he called me and he said, l atasha, i just want to let you know i'm so sorry to make the call to you, but there's a sheriff in one of the counties that you ran, which is wilcox county -- which is a county that i actually had carried. i did very, very strongly in that county. the sheriff said that he found 800 votes that he had placed in the safe that he forgot. and i guess he remembered three minutes after the race was certified. so me in my peevety, i said, oh, that's great. so count the votes. because, in my mind, that's another chance. so i just wanted those votes counted. 800 votes, you know there was legitimate votes, sure. he said, well, it's not that simple, the race has been certified. i said, what do you mean? said, we can't count the votes because the race has already been certifieded. at that particular moment, i felt completely powerless. there's nothing that you can do. so heree was a person who had votes,

sanders soundly in michigan. the next day, we all got hit in the head by covid. it was clear that next day that covid was real, the president gave a speech, tom hanks was diagnosed, nba canceled its season. that week in march was really the turning point because it became clear that the whole trump theory of the case which was, you don't like me but the economy is great and the other guys are crazy, that case came crashing down. the democrats did not nominate bernie sanders, and he couldn't run on the economy anymore because the pandemic crash the economy. you can trace the election back to that week in march. >> thank you. i want to call on todd. todd is one of the best republican strategists out there. the candidates who outperformed donald trump, i remember when we were talking after the election you said you were not sure that your candidates could actually outperformed donald trump and win. but, that is what happened. they outperformed donald trump and won. do you think jonathan's analysis is right that it was over in march? or, given the results and how close it was, it seems like it was never over until the ballots were counted. what do you think? >> it di

sanders soundly in michigan. day, we all got hit in the head by covid. thats clear that next day covid was real, the president gave a speech, tom hanks was diagnosed, nba canceled its season. that week in march was really the turning point because it became clear that the whole trump theory of the case which was, you don't like me but the economy is great and the other guys are crazy, that case came crashing down. the democrats did not terminate -- did not nominate bernie sanders, and he couldn't run on the economy anymore because the pandemic crash the economy. you can trace the election back to that week in march. >> thank you. i want to call on todd. todd is one of the best republican strategists out there . who outperformed donald trump, i remember when we were talking after the election you said you were not sure that your candidates could actually outperformed donald trump and win. but, that is what happened. they outperformed donald trump and won. do you think jonathan's analysis is right that it was over in march? or, given the results and how close it was, it seems like it was never over until the ballots were counted. what do you think? >> it did not