they are doing in texas. what i thought is it s easy to demonize the way they are doing things in texas and arkansas, but virginia is more subtle. youngkin doesn t seem as extreme but at the end of the day, the forces compelling republican politicians all compel in one direction, demonize women s right to choose, throw critical race theory, you know, red meat at the base. they re all going to do it. do you have concerns that even people who try to fool you into thinking they re a moderate like youngkin wind up playing the same game in 2024? well, i think it s become very clear in the last year that there are very few moderates left in the republican party and that attacking the democratic process is now the central organizing principle of the gop. remember, the republican candidate for governor kicked off his campaign by lying about what happened in 2020 and made that his key platform. but i think what republicans are doing in texas is so revealing because it s really the