hill harper, democratic candidate for the united states senate in michigan, joins me now. thank you so much for being here. i want to start just by asking you, walk us through how this offer occurred. >> okay. hey, joy. i was driving to pontiac for a grassroots fund-raiser that wasn't going to raise $20 million, and the phone rings. and while i'm driving i get a call that makes it very clear that in my race, in my senate race, my opponent was going to t fundraising, and there was no money for me and that. but, if i dropped out of that race against an opponent they support, he said there would be $10 million in soft money, you know, independent expenditure money, and then there would be an effort to raise the same on the hard side for if i was to run against congresswoman tlaib. and, i mean, i was taken aback, i was shocked by that. i said, you know, obviously, i said no. but, you know, this isn't about just one call and one wealthy donor. it's about the system that allows for that type of influence. and that's what really, i think, angers me, and that's why folks -- you pu