confidence in the gentlemen legitimacy of the way we do it. and not tell people if you don t do it my way, a, they are illegitimate. and, b, you might be a racist. i hear you on the republicans. you know where i am on that. but you cannot add fuel to that fire on the other side of the equation and keep us on this long escalator of delegitimizing our democracy. scott, while we have you here, can i ask about the ways mitch mcconnell raised during the press conference yesterday. president biden continued to say they are friends. he also said he was surprised by how intransigent. they have been. why are earth were you surprised that mitch mcconnell didn t want to go along with this? first of all, it s not true. the biggest accomplish joe biden has, in my opinion, is the