needs to be taken in the context -- >> i'm asking -- look. if you want to have a debate over a two-letter word, we're going to have to do that some other time. what and who did you mean by "it"? >> mr. gowdy, as i've stated, that text was written late at night in shorthand -- >> i don't care when it was written. i don't care whether it was longhand, cursive. i don't care about any of that. i want to know what "it" meant, agent strzok? >> it would be his candidacy for the presidency. my sense -- >> it's not that tough. >> -- would not vote him into office. >> right. we hadn't gotten to the will yet. your testimony is -- >> i'm trying to explain the text. >> the will is the american people, right? that's your testimony. the we'll stop it. you were speaking on behalf of the american people, is that correct? >> mr. gowdy, what my testimony is and what i said during extensive asking of this question during my prior interview is, i don't recall writing that text. >> but you deny writing the text. >> what i can tell you is, that