. >> senator tom contin. appreciate it. >> as republicans have been greeted at town halls, many democrats are simply calling for all-out resistance to everything that president trump touches. >> we are going to dump trump! dump trump! >> as long as the president continues down this path, there is nothing democrats can work with him on. >> let resistance plus persistence equal progress for our party and our country. >> so that was the backdrop to yesterday's election of former labor secretary tom perez as chairman of the democrat committee. he defeated in a close race that was closely watched. many supporters made their displeasure clear when donna brazile, the outgoing chair announced the results. >> little did they know that tom perez was about to announce that keith ellison was going to be his deputy chair. with the democrats in their weakest position in 100 years, the first job will be to unite the party and try to lead them out of the wilderness. mr. perez joins me now from atlanta. mr. chairman, congratu