since january 6th, 2021. all downhill from there. election lies, vaccine misinformation making it harder to vote, excusing january 6th thug ri, conspiracy theories galore, i m tired. i tried, excuse me, i encouraged a reason. i urged a pivot from trump. i failed. i m out. #unaffiliated. that was cole wis, a former colorado house assistant minority leader and he joins me now. cole, good evening to you. very brave of you. . evening, don. that s very brave of you, where did you get the guts to do that? well, you know, i think i was raised in a family where we rise up and do the right thing, tell the truth. the republican party used to stand for telling the truth, and unfortunately we ve seen that it no longer does that. i m not sure how the party of ronald reagan, the man who became the party of matt gaetz,