better working together than not. >> stevens and inouye, would go and campaign in -- >> stevens from alaska and inouye from hawaii would campaign for each other. >> yeah. >> it's a weird time for partisan politics. i dare say it's a little weirder for republicans. the rnc on friday censured cheney and kinzinger because they're participating in the investigation into january 6th. in fact, they accused kinzinger and cheney of engaging in the persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse. you tweeted yesterday that description is just plain wrong, we can't allow a false narrative to be created. it must be uncomfortable to be a non-rigidly partisan person during this period. >> during this period, yes. but it can be uncomfortable --