perfectly happy to go back to work with someone who might have been a mass shooter a year ago. democrats are basically going out on the track in running shoes, and republicans are dealing with motorcycles in this race. it s not even just they re going on the track without blocks and spikes. that s a little track reference for you. but, in general, as long as democrats are afraid to really meet the moment, and they re doing this in the worst possible way. i would say this is like an analogy would be something like, you go on a diet. you are really suffering and eating nothing but, like, watercresses and celery. every friday night, you eat butter out of the fridge, right? why are you putting yourself through that? that s what democrats in congress are doing. they re enduring all of the pain of sticking their necks out for democracy, and they re not getting the corresponding gain. again, i cannot reiterate this enough. if this is urgent, then we should be seeing the subsequent, simultan