once but twice, that when a fellow americans rights are ripped away we stand up. and we say, that's not who we are as a country. so, i am so proud that, once again, our community deliver that and that's the -- >> you focus some of your campaign on the issue of protecting democracy. your opponent had greeted groups that went to the january 6th insurrection and only seemed to really reluctantly acknowledge joe biden's 2020 election win. did that help you win, do you think? and do you think the results of the election and the defeat of so many of these election liars -- although, to be honest, quite a few of them won also -- do you think that's going to weaken the grip that these election conspiracies have had when it comes to the republican party? >> i hope so with every ounce that i have. far too many one, as you said, jake. but here, we defeated someone