with me in the studio is dan harris, host of the 10% happier podcast, also republican strategist joe pinionnder and ceo of all in together, and cnn legal analyst, joey jackson. what a lovely man, so patient right there. joe, can you believe that? he was following his principles, that's what he was doing. have you heard of such a thing from a politician? >> look, one, he's no longer politician. i think most americans follow their principles when they go into that voting booth. i think we have to find a way to be more accepting and understanding of those who disagree with us politically. i'll just remind people, again, each state has their own party, they have their own democratic party, they have their own republican party. there is a national party, so, decisions of the montana gop are not necessarily representative of every other state gop of the national gop as well. >> yeah, but the state republican party is not being tolerant of his principles? >> look, if we're going to call ourselves the big tent party, we should be welcoming to all individuals who are going to say that they want to u