kevin mccarthy responded, it depends how it turns out. if you have 70% of republicans who thought he cheated, he's still going to have a hard time. joining me now, van jonesecial adviser to president obama. mike shields. both, cnn political commentators. mike, at a certain point, as has been happening, the president continues to lose and the president leaves. i mean, at some point, don't republicans in the senate and the house have to at least acknowledge -- or do you think they will just continue saying, well, you know, a lot of republicans don't believe he is legitimate, and not -- not say, you know, loud and clear, you know, joe biden was elected, fair and square? >> well, look. we -- this is the polarized nature of our politics, and we went through two years of democrats saying that donald trump wasn't legitimate. and that russians elected him. and having people like the chairman of the house-intelligence committee, who gets intelligence briefings, saying i have certifiable evidence that he committed collusion. only to find out that it was all not true. and so, this is the era of politics that have been ushered in. which is that, one side is going to