that just didn t turn out there. has been reassessment of that comment by romney. also, republicans are in a difficult position because they want to be able to say biden is weak. the sanctions are too little beings too late, instead they have voices in party like josh hawley why won t we say ukraine will never be in nato which is what putin s or saying putin s move was genius. this is a party that is split now, which is kind of shocking thinking about how the republican party used to be the one tough on foreign policy and stood up for america around the world. bret: matthew, what about that? i think in the main republicans have supportive of ukraine s independence and many of the voices who mara cites are part of a long standing tradition in the republican party that looks very skeptically towards foreign intervention. i will say, this bret, on the romney thing, it s a reminder to