joins me on the phone. it s great to talk to you. it seems like some of these will have an impact on the midterms. when it comes to alvin bragg, he told new york what he was going to do and voted into office. i wonder how that happens sometimes. right, and it was sort of a conflicting message from voters in new york city because they already put a mayor in office, someone who won in a crowded democratic primary field with a tough on crime mental. crime message. it could be a problem for democrat because you could draw a straight line from the progressive implemented in the city to the rise in violence. it s almost a direct, you know, correlation, and so voters see that and they understand that liberal policies on public safety have contributed tremendously to the rise in crime and democrats don t seem