let me bring in matt gorman and amy walker. this sad development that's taken place now where if you're a republican running for office, it is politically better to claim voter fraud for your loss than to admit defeat. i'll admit, there's part of me that's numb to this. i'm used to hearing it, it is so constant. but this dogs long term damage, does it not? >> i think let me step back for a second. what i keep coming back to is georgia, the senate runoff. you and i were talking a day or two before saying that base needed to turn out. if you talk to anyone involved, they would say base was discouraged, didn't think their vote would be counted. that was a senate race for control of the chamber. this is as you were saying might hopefully get close around the margins. from a practical perspective, what worries me going forward into next year, house, retaking the senate, if our base believes their votes don't count, they don't show up, then we won't win. >> amy, look, this is the unintended consequence on that side. the unintended co

matt gorman former national republican congressional committee communications director. paign. matt, start with you. what do you make of the county health department board in the denver area a mask requirement for all students and staff 2 years and up regardless of vaccination status. >> every one of the kids in high school is elible and good get it. the kids are exercising the right. not covered by the media, if this were in florida and they were protesting governor desantis's mask policy i can imagine many others in the press would be clamoring for interviews and taking any shots they could down there. look, the kids have a point though, too. there has been a lot of articles now questioning the effectiveness of these overly broad universal school mask mandates. i was reading one from a doctor in san francisco just yesterday and they say the benefits are less firmly established than the costs. if we want to be overly cautious and do things to be safe with no end we have to recognize there is an unknown benefit to but yet real costs. >> julie: we know that children ages 2