and if you put together a bipartisan commission, that, i think, for the long run, is something that really, really should take place. >> why don't we just put aside the constitution for just a little bit, just a reasonable length of time, until people feel better? and then, we'll -- we'll bring the constitution back. let's put together a bipartisan commission. how about just growing a spine? or growing a couple of vertebrae, even. the cowardice we are witnessing right now is extraordinary. and so is the hypocrisy. listen to senator josh hawley, a year ago, the guy who is now leading the senate insurrection. listen to him a year ago. >> the consequences to the republic of overturning a democratic election, because you don't like the result and because you believe that that election was, somehow, corrupted. when, in fact, the evidence shows that it was not. i'm talki talking about how elections can't be trusted, that's an interesting approach. i think it's crazy, frankly. >> now, of...

listen to senator josh hawley, a year ago, the guy who is now leading the senate insurrection. listen to him a year ago. >> the consequences to the republic of overturning a democratic election, because you don't like the result and because you believe that that election was, somehow, corrupted. when, in fact, the evidence shows that it was not. i'm talki talking about how elections can't be trusted, that's an interesting approach. i think it's crazy, frankly. >> now, of course, he is all in on crazy, frankly. but he doesn't want to be held accountable for it. neither, he, nor any of the other senate insurrectionists will come on the program. joining us now, one senator who has spoken out against this sort of thing. democrat chris murphy of connecticut. senator murphy, you spoke on the senate floor warning what republicans were engaged in trying to overturn the election. i want to play part of what you said then. >> right now, the most serious attempt to overthrow our democracy, in...