age in life? he's earned the right to be a truth-teller, he's earned the right to say what he said after the insurrection. for him jumping when donald trump calls him, todayying up to him, giving that ridiculous answer to gary tuchman, it's just sad. >> it is sad. it's really sad. and it says something about him, of course. you know, this is -- he's not alone in this. sometimes i've said the united states senate appears to be the world's most -- the most gilded assisted living center because nobody wants to leave, they feel if they leave that's the end of their lives, they want to stay. he desperately wants to stay. it also says something about trump's control of this party right now. and there is a reign of terror in the republican party, and people who want to get re-elected, the table stakes is to at least have some sort of passing acknowledgement that maybe there was something wrong with the last election. and remember, 78% of republicans