with absolute wisdom. it doesn't necessarily mean that they're correct about every policy issue, but it does, i think, give them a certain amount of moral authority to talk about this. so i think republicans really need to tread carefully here when you go after them. >> charles, i wonder what your reaction. beyond the personal attacks and certainly the fake attacks, which no one, including matt, is defending here, do you believe at least on the issues that the students by putting themselves out there, right, that they can reasonably expect to get at least some pushback? >> yeah, but i don't think you can put aside the false attacks. i think that's part of what is fueling this. and i actually believe that it is a -- it back fires in a big way. one thing that the kind of fake news, russia propaganda, all that stuff during the election was to dampen enthusiasm among young people, particularly young people of color. what you're doing when you're doing false images of people who