there is just a lot of things adding up to me where i knew this was more serious than a bunch of drunk wanna be militia members storming the capitol. those comparisons are intense and heady. what i m hearing is you feel quite clear there is essentially a fundamentally illiberal authoritarian faction that s formed that has gained control of the republican party, that is not commenceable with liberal democracy in the way we understand it, that its aims, whatever methods it seeks to achieve them, are fundamentally in tension with self-governments and democratic control. correct. but this has been going on for a while, chris. now a lot of people are seeing it. let s begin. you know, this goes back prior to this election. when you saw the tea party movement and you were at the protests of the tea party, and i