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174 And so to them, they think I'm confessing to admitting that me and three Members of Congress secretly got in a backroom to plot violence. And so I can understand that that much disinformation coming allowed a lot of people to put a lot of eyeballs on something that is exactly what I've just characterized.

Okay. So put aside the violence that happens, the words you use to say that you schemed it up with the three of them would convey, to a reasonable person listening, I would think, that you, together, the four of you, worked out the details, not the violence, right? I mean, you schemed up with them.

I wouldn't say so in politics. I'd say it was a—it's a synthesis. It's the same reason why we adopt—in our, you know, congressional body, we allow cosponsors and co-authors. There's a credit-sharing thing that goes on in politics.

Sure. And cosponsors get the decision to say they sign off on that and they say I'll cosponsor that.

And that's—and that's in politics for government. But in politics electioneering, there's a lot of things that that go on like, Oh, I'm going to do the repeal pledge or I'm going to do this type of repeal pledge or this is the Drill Here, Drill Now pledge.

And a lot of people like to—because I'm not an elected Member of Congress, when I'm saying, Hey, if—it would be easier for me to say we four schemed this up than me saying, Well, I went to this Congressman and he said this. I went to the second one, and he said this. I went to the third one. He said this. And then I came up with this brilliant idea, and you all need to praise me.

It's easier to say I want credit alongside these other three guys than, you know, this idea took form over thought, prayer, and individualized conversations with different aspects.