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joining me now lucy caldwell, political strategist and former campaign manager for joe wells's 2020 presidentialampaign and fernando monte, msnbc's political analyst and democratic pollster. welcome into both of you, thank you for being here. lucy, let's begin with you. i laid at the clear differences between the situations. why the fervor to go after biden with these investigations? >> well it depends on where you are describing the fervor right? because of course there is the reality that that there is no question that trump associates republicans at large and the hyundai class, and the consulting class. it's going to seize on this episode as a sign that you know both sides of republicans are treated unfairly. and so the question really is what merrick garland's decision to appoint the special counsel the right one. and in particular, was his decision to appoint robert -- a former trump associate the right one? i think it actually was. i actually think the move that you see by merrick garland is the opposite of fervor and isn't intent to actually create a record that will give the biden admini