challenging house speaker paul ryan, saying this about nealon.roated embrace of racism, anti-semitism and grievance. republicans need to draw a line. evan siegfried is here with us. and the former chief of staff to georgia governor nathan deal with us. thank you for joining us, gentlemen. i want to start out with you, evan, you rightly point out in this article that sarah palin, steve bannon have both supported nealon. and steve bannon has rejected him. and steve bannon had supported roy moore. first of all, what is steve bannon's potency moving forward in the elections, and two, do you think he'll be rejected? >> well steve bannon he supported roy moore and brought paul nealon with him. he was campaigning saying he's a great guy. and it's us against them and the staek establishment. steve bannon said well, he's distancing himself from him and brig breitbart didn't help. this is why you don't allow children at the grown-up's table. what we're seeing here, what steve bannon is realizing when you go out and embrace anti-semitism, like paul nealon d

so the -- steve bannon has cut tied with paul nealon. right activist challenging paul ryan for his congressional seat. he's received favorable coverage from brigeitbart in if the past but he escalated racist and anti-immigrant and anti-semitic groups. i wonder what you think about this development and whether this has anything to do with, for instance, some of the fallout from roy moore, a bannon-backed candidate that certainly didn't work out. >> well, i think it's certainly true that bannon is a pretty image conscious guy. he understands a brand and how he builds his own image as adviser, as former adviser, as upstart inside the party. there is no doubt about that. and i think what you see here is a keen understanding that bannon has taken on some water and breitbart has taken on some water for some past affiliations. and i think this one was a clear example to them. i would -- i don't know this for sure, but i would presume perhaps some of their donors perhaps also called bannon and said there might be concern here. they clearly receiv