it s that at some point, republican elites, republican leaders decided to sublimate their opinions, their anger, and their pride and basically bow to donald trump. and i think there have been multiple times where there have been off-ramps. where republican leaders could have stood up and fought him. and every time they have shown to really be wimps. and so i think, the interesting thing to me, joe, is, you know, i m from a rural area. and the kind of country cowboy conservatism i grew up with. people if you insulted someone s family. if you insulted their family. if you insulted their dignity and their honor, man, they d come out fighting. but these republicans today, they don t have that same