And this makes for a scary recipe for the future of the country. i think that s why it s important that you all take thi seriously and get to the bottom of why this happened. i think you ve given the committee the marching orders today. that is to hold the line. you held the line and now we have two. i want to thank you for that if we show a fraction of the courage and the valor that you will demonstrated on january 6th that we will hold the line in this committee. but i want to ask you about holding the line. i want to go back to the question of weapons so we can clear this up because some people are still saying that they were unarmed. i wonder what your reaction is to that? we ve heard about rampant baseball bats lead pipes.