many cases would describe how afraid they were, some cases having to actually be escorted out because they were really worried about their security. and you establish a culture in which people think that journalists not only are not there to serve them but that actually journalists are the enemy. none of this really surprises me. i think the fcc case as well, where the apology said something like, i was freezing and starving and that s why that happened. it was very bizarre. so none of these things make a lot of sense, i think, but also they are part of this longer continuum of a president who clearly hates the press and knows how to leverage that, again, to reach his voters. let s be clear. i ll get to john in a minute. lee, one more question on this, to soledad s point. the constitution protects your right to hate the press. bring it on. this is an open society. the question is what does the constitution say about a president asking the fbi director to, quote, put journalists in ja