wrong, we really care ethos, you strike down any view that veers from the orthodoxy, the san francisco bubble, democratic party orthodoxy because, yes, you're about party, not principle. you're about appealing to the woke to sell jeans because they seem cool to you, like they might buy more and spend more than some midwestern, unstylish, self-avowed patriots. that's the loud part, that's the quiet part being said outloud, correct? >> i get to do that now. >> is it refreshing? is it scary to be able to say things, write things like this? >> you know, it's refreshing. i mean, obviously, i said what i thought. ... of covid before, but i was restrained and i look back and i am proud of how i comported myself. and you include a lot of the tweets that you sent in the book? well, i think it's important because any reasonable person reads them now, thinks they're perfectly reasonable. i wanted to make that clear there is i would challenge anyone to challenge anything. i said. i would challenge anyone to challenge anything i said. i'm nice, undiplomatic. i'm restraint. i'm never rude. i cite data. most people now