crocodile tears. if she wants to vote against the thing, that s perfectly fine. i support the kind of america first foreign policy. i think israel s certainly an ally of ours, but other countries need to pay for their own defense, and we should have nothing to do with it. i agree with that philosophy. i would have supported aoc voting against it, but she did this kind of wishy washy thing, trying to keep alive, i suspect, further political aspirations, perhaps new york senate. so i didn t i agree with leslie that, you know, we should be sympathetic to people having emotional moments if it s a sincere emotional display, i don t begrudge her that. i think everything politicians do is more calculated than even the most sip call of us expect. cynical of us expect. jacqui: to both of your points, leslie, you call out the pressure on american to not be hysterical. it is real. people wonder if you re strong