and nobody should underestimate this president's ability to create a weight of message that is equal in aggregate to all of the news media that's trying to report the truth about what's happening. so he can say up is down and down is up and right is left and the sunrises in the west and sets in the east. and what's always been scary about the lying is that these aren't lies of ambition or convenience the politician tells. his lying is lies of authority, because his lies require the obedience of his supporters who know at some level that none of it is true. and so it's deeply disturbing. democracies rely on truth, and no healthy democracy has anything like what we see here where the leader is constantly lying to the people, because democracies can't function without truth because truth is essential to accountability. >> i can read you what louie gohmert said. i can't do it quite like him.