the divisions, themselves, which have hardened in recent years and have combined with rampant disinformation to push too many americans away from our bake constitutional values. basic continue institutional values. in the spring of 2017 after trump took office i wrote an opinion piece in the arizona republic highlighting my concerns of the strains on our constitutional boundaries and the shrinking effects for our founding constitutional principles. in the years that followed, my colleagues and i were called upon to participate in two separate impeachment trials for crimes against our constitution. and on january 6th last year, i was standing in this very spot speaking in this very chamber defending arizona s fair and valid election against disinformation with violent insurrectionists halted the presidential certification.