chris. and i want to remind you that senator bernie sanders back in october also put an op-ed in manchin s hometown paper. i m holding one right here, the charleston gazette, where he basically tried to pressure senator joe manchin into voting for this build back better piece of legislation. obviously, that didn t work. and i heard from source even before i got down here last night, that said that senator bernie sanders comments, progressive s comments aren t going to move the needle. senator joe manchin s approval ratings have been growing here in the last couple of years, and it s because of the political makeup here. i m in charleston, west virginia, it s the capital of a state that has less than 2 million people in it. but i spoke to some folks on the ground today, and they re on pretty opposite sides of the pages. it s being moving more towards this redder landscape. as you said, more people voted for trump dramatically than biden, but let s take a listen to what wes cogger told