trump, they didn t take it. the republican leaders of congress totally folded rather than show real leadership. peter, is there any evidence that they could pay the price politically for their lack of conviction? unfortunately not. i wish they would, but the reality is that donald trump is still by far the most popular figure among republican voters. and republican voters don t like mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy very much, they see them as corrupt, which they are. and so, those people don t have the political base to stand up to donald trump, tragically. they would ve had to take a real political risk, the kind of risk that liz cheney has taken, for instance. and they weren t willing to do that, they put their own political careers ahead of the constitution. extraordinary. peter beinart, thank you for spelling it all out for us. appreciate it. one of our regular that s just got back from poland, where he met with ukrainian refugees. what he saw in the next that