voted for joe manchin in west virginia feel the same way. and that's the -- that is the challenge of democracy. joe manchin represents a state where trump won by 40 points. and so, you know, that makes it a little bit of a different conversation. i'm not defending him. i don't think that you should take a partisan stance on democracy. democracy should be something that's beyond party. and there are things that are happening in this country today that are going right to the heart of democracy. and i do think that congress and the senate should act. and i think manchin should act and sinema should act and they should all stand as one on this. but bakari is a very smart politician, and he understands, i'm sure, that manchin has a different set of political imperatives than someone from another kind of state. >> president manchin? >> no, i think that -- let me just say i -- ax is absolutely