event, they were not describing those who beat officers, bear sprayed them, and had them running for their lives. they were not describing them as, you know, political prisoners, those who arrested and that mail-in, but now they are. in terms of commitment to democracy, the republican party is way worse than it was on that day. and it's been a clear trajectory. i often look to the canaries and the coal mine, and one of them for me, in 2016, not one donald trump was elected, although that was a pretty compelling sign that we are in trouble. but in north carolina on the same day when it democratic governor was elected. and republicans in north carolina responded not by saying, next time, we're gonna do better, not by saying that we will have a better message, better policies, or a better candidate, but by instead stripping the democratic governor of his responsibilities. it's what the republicans in the legislature did. that was an ethic that said it's no longer about democracy. it's no longer about free and