and stand-up writer with trevor noah. stephanie, i have to ask you, do you feel straight-up gaslighted by the republican party here? i do not feel gaslighted. we have always been at war with east asia. it is exactly like that. if you ve ever been in a relationship like that, you recognize it, right? i mean, you just play the tape, ayman. they are on tape saying the opposite, and so it really is like we ve all been taking crazy pills for the last year, right. i mean, the kevin mccarthy sound bite where he completely pretends he doesn t know what he s talking about, it s mind boggling. you do know that you speak to journalists every day. did you not know that conversation or that comment was going to be recorded? i mean, noah, what do you make of pence choosing to speak up now and on this and making the comparison that he did? god, he s such a bench.