elliot, if we could step back to some degree, talking yesterday, you need to contextualize tuberville s comments because he has a history not just on this specific issue, which he s been talking about for some reason i can t quite figure out now for a couple of months but on the campaign trail last year, made some comments that were immediately kind of refuted by republicans who are uncomfortable with the racist tone. from a bigger picture perspective, this isn t happening in a vacuum. unlike someone s right to a fair trial, phil, this is not something i m going to both sides. look, let s define what white nationalism is, and it s the belief in a white ethno state, the belief race mixing itself threatens the united states of america and there ought to be a white majority in america. now none of those views are actually illegal to have, and maybe that s the point senator