this country. and we saw that on full display in the past couple of days. republicans they've been making all these silly signs but they put up one sign behind the markup during the impeachment articles showing seven member of the house democratic leadership and the states they're from. california, new york, massachusetts. and there were some tweets about, like, oh, look at these out of touch elite liberals. how dare they tell us what to do with our country. those three states represent a fifth of the entire population of the country, right? but honestly it can feel like when you're watching these hearings and watching walltics that house republicans particularly really don't view that part of the country that does not support them as legitimate, that they are not a worthy representation or political power or being able to call the shots because those are not the right people. they're not the rightful heirs