assert his dominance by forcing his rivals to publicly defend the in-defense bl. and that is what we re seeing from most of these republican candidates. maybe not overtly defending it, but refusing to condemn it. and in stark contrast we re talking about mark he iesper, b bar i go on,r who will say expl that this was incredibly reckless behavior and put our national security at risk. and the fact that no republican presidential candidate in the inner tier is willing to say that is kind of a statement of how little market they think there is in the party coalition for a full-scale attack on trump, but part of the reason that it exists is because no one they trust is making that argument. so a self-fulfilling prophecy. president biden won t touch it either. he didn t touch it at his rally