election over and over, again. and continuing to embolden people who are engaging in political violence, and, you know, this investigation has to get to the bottom of that. we have to hear from the people who were closest to the former president at the time of january 6th and were familiar with his thinking and -- and can understand, like ms. cheney said, things that we know very publicly from public statements that -- that the president -- the former president was aware of these things going on around him. um, and, you know, made comments himself and failed to take action himself to -- to tell people to stop and go home. >> can i just ask you just what it was like tonight to be sitting there, you know, with your -- your colleagues? i mean, obviously, it -- it is a -- um, it's an important night and -- and to be in the room as liz cheney is saying these things. and the political price that she is already paying. i mean, her colleagues are