. >> donald trump was a tugboat's new book, let's hear from thomas and strongsville, ohio republican> good morning. i was just wondering if you could enlighten us how much the media played in this election? because obviously they were very biased. a lot of unknown authors coming forward in leaks. i just wondered what your thoughts were on that. >> thomas hello to everyone and strongsville that is where i'm from, my hometown. the media always has a role one way or the other in these elections. we are hearing the stories and we hear these races, it's more of a mere with people getting information from so many different sources these days. when people asked me about the people kind of things and how much it played a role in defeating trump, president trump went out of his way to speak to the media at the white house at events. i brought multiple authors down to mar-a-lago.t he sees a very important role for the media whether it is fox news, the wall street journal, the washington post or c-span. he has acknowledged as much publicly as well. >> let's go to richmond, virginia on the democ

>> guest: hello to everyone in strongsville that is where i am from, my hometown. the media always has a role one way or the other in these elections. this is the platform how we hear the stories and think rabout these races. i think it's more of a mere than influencer especially as people get their information from so many different sources these days. when people ask me about the people and how much it played a role in defeating trump, president trump went out of his way to speak to the media at the white house, at events. i've brought multiple authors down to mar-a-lago. he sees a very important role for the media. whether this fox news, the wall street journal, the "new york times", or c-span, he has acknowledged as much publicly as well. >> host: let's go to richmond, virginia. this is tina on the democratshe line. >> good morning. i voted absentee. it was kind of tricky it was a post office and covet. what i did is i requested an absentee ballot and then hand-delivered to a dropbox which was on the other side of town so things are rather complicated. i did wa

hello everybody in strongsville. the media always has a role one way or another in these elections. this is the platform, how we hear the stories and how we think about these races. but i think it's more of a political mirror -- but i think it's more of a mirror than an influencer. people get their information from so many sources. when people ask me about enemy of the people and how much it played a role in defeating trump , president trump went out of the way -- went out of his way to speak to the media at the white house at events. i brought multiple authors down to mar-a-lago. he sees a very important role for the media whether it fox news, wall street journal, wall street times -- new york times. host: let's go to richmond, virginia. the democrats line. caller: good morning. i voted absentee and it was tricky because of the post office and covid. what i did was i requested an absentee bout -- ballots and hand delivered it to a dropbox. i did want to complement -- i didn't want to comment. thank goodness we do not have another four years of 45. thank goodness for the free press

hello everybody in strongsville. the media always has a role one way or another in these elections. the platform, how we hear the stories and how we think about these races. but i think it's more of a political mirror -- but i think it's more of a mirror than an influencer. people get their information from so many sources. when people ask me about enemy of the people and how much it played a role in defeating trump , president trump went out of the way -- went out of his way to speak to the media at the white house at events. i brought multiple authors down to mar-a-lago. he sees a very important role for the media whether it fox news, wall street journal, wall street times -- new york times. host: let's go to richmond, virginia. the democrats line. caller: good morning. i voted absentee and it was tricky because of the post office and covid. what i did was i requested an absentee bout -- ballots and hand delivered it to a dropbox. i did want to complement -- i didn't want to comment. thank goodness we do not have another four years of 45. thank goodness for the free press and jour