the most popular part of that speech in terms of what garnered the most applause? it's when he literally plagiarized or cribbed -- and good for him in doing so -- the platform proposals of president donald trump when he talked about making things in america, bringing manufacturing back to america. that that seems to now be, thankfully, a bipartisan -- at least in rhetoric -- a bipartisan platform position. that seems to be very popular with the american people. he acknowledged -- i'm telling you this, he painted an alternative reality. oh issues -- other issues like immigration, he acknowledged it but acted like he was going to get a handle on it. we're a year into his administration, and it's at record, crisis levels. you can't paint an alternative reality and convince the american people of something that doesn't exist because they are living it. they are here. they are at their kitchen tables, they are in the economy, and they are experiencing joe biden's first year in office. howard: yeah. on the other hand, gillian, the