Is very unusual. In my study of authoritarian states, it's only really after a coup that you see such a speed, such obsessive haste to purge bureaucracy so quickly. Or when somebody is defending themselves, like Erdogan after the coup attempt against him, massive purge immediately. So that's unusual. And then, of course, this now Elon Musk may now be, what a special government employee all of a sudden, but this, as Garrett said, is highly unusual. There. I don't have another reference point for a private individual coming in, infiltrating, trying to turn government to the benefit of his businesses and locking out and federal employees, it is a coup. I'm a historian of coups, and I would also use that word. So we're in a real emergency situation for our democracy. I feel, I believe, what we need here is democratic authorities going on camera together to state to the people, my fellow Americans, what is happening? What Musk has been allowed to do? Because it was the treasury secretary who gave Musk access to come in and take over, and he ended up physically occupying the offices and locking, you know, civil servants out. I think we need a stand a show, even just for the morale of Americans that Democrats are responding united with a very plain message to inform people what is happening that will go a long way, as it has gone a long way at other crises in other nations. The I mean, the public is very worried there. You know it's you just need to very clearly communicate the gravity of the situation, the uniqueness of the situation. What a break it is with our democratic traditions. Small D, and it's certainly better than what's going on now, which is seeming like nothing to Americans who feel frightened, and that's not going to help the cause of the Democratic Party for the midterms or going forward, if they are seen as being kind of AB.
