of 9/11? >> i would agree with the point that is being made by so many of my colleagues that this is a diversion. away from 9/11, away from the 20th anniversary, and away from the debacle that was his afghanistan withdrawal. >> that is such a revealing thing to say, a diversion. covid is an abstraction, a political game. 1500 people died today. americans. like the americans we lost on 9/11, like those brave service members we lost in afghanistan. today. tomorrow. on the one hand, these are just ridiculous theatrics but they're ridiculous theatrics that are getting people kill and have been getting people killed for the last 18 months. if there's one thing i still cannot abide, cannot acclimate myself, cannot come to accept after a year and a half, it is the despicable glibinous with which these people treat this