viewers that are used to seeing three on this hour, we do have three. it s just that our friend abi stoddard has been battling wifi gremlins. i ve been told they are conquered or at least severely wounded and we can proceed. a.b., i have a quote from you from the washington post. under the headline ban on vaccine mandates in texas sharpens political battle lines. especially on the right, the dispute has become in large measure about identity and culture, not just about the policy itself. a.b. in, asking you how we got here, i am tempted to say that people didn t pause before they rolled up their sleeves to get the sulk vaccine and say wait a minute, who did we vote for in the last election? that s right. i mean this obviously is new to this pandemic.