so joining me now is tara setmayer, senior adviser to the lincoln project and former gop communications director and maya cummings, former chairman of the maryland democratic party, and founder, president, and ceo of global policy solutions. let me start with yesterday's so-called rally in support of january 6th's insurrectionists, which has -- which it was sparsely attended, and i'm being kind. but thankfully, it was largely peaceful. congressman jamie raskin was on my colleague's show last night. here's how he characterized donald trump's hold on the party. >> donald trump now exercises the authority over the gop that jim jones exercised over the people's baptist temple. it is like an authoritarian religious cult at this point. and it is terrifying that this used to be a major political party in america. the good news is the vast majority of the american people reject it, and are with the democratic party. >> maya, do you think that's an accurate assessment? do you see yesterday's failed rally as a sign that the trump wing of the party has alienated most of the country? >> absolutely