Liam Donovan

And it was, in a sense, running against the institutional Republican Party, running against the establishment.

The fact that he doesn't, you know, find himself aligned with the broader forces of the party and that that's not his goal.

primary objective.

He's not of the party.

That's not what drives him.

That's not his imperative.

That's different than any president I think we've ever seen, maybe in both parties, but certainly in the Republican Party.

And we saw it in 2018.

I mean, I think he went on a victory lap the day after the election, even though it was rough, dunking on members that didn't stay closer to him.

So I think flash forward, and I think that lesson's been learned.

I think people realize you have the our next year name.

You're going to kind of, by and large,

own what the president is doing.

So you need to make the best of that.

And going against him, picking fights with him, except in very rare exceptions, does not redound to your electoral benefit.

I think there's something to the point.

I do think he's more committed to and sensitive to the risk of not having control than he was four years ago, eight years ago, whatever.

Time has no meaning anymore.

I think that's where the project, and we can get into this, of the kind of structural gambit of trying to create a more resilient map for Republicans in the House.

The redistricting efforts.