now, the then vice president was presiding in the house chamber and he had just released a statement that didn't get a lot of play because -- for obvious reasons, but in it, he pushed back against his boss, against the president, pushing him to try to use his presiding role, and he said it is my judgment that my oath to defend the constitution constrains me from taking unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not. he is one example of somebody in that moment standing up for his constitutional role and they tried to hang him. i mean, at least, they had the gallows here. >> the challenge is more republicans need to stand up now. stand up now. >> yep. >> now, now, now. that's the way. we close the hour, this hour, with this flashback to a change moment back on insurrection day. it was 1:59 p.m. eastern standard time one year ago, the u.s. capitol police chief receives initial reports, rioters had breached the doors, and the windows, of the capitol