What they're doing, I think, is pressing us to say, two plus two, equals five and they don't care if we believe it or not, they just want to hear us say it. The same goes, for all their other fantasies, for example, we must say we cannot define women, or, any man who says he's a woman, we must act accordingly. Again, they don't care if we agree or don't, just as long as we comply and play along. As for Pence, Ryan, DeSantis, Romney, Graham and McConnell, they knowingly, comprehend, what they're doing and why they're doing it.  I think there's a term for men that deny wrong doing and proclaim them to be good deeds. I'm sure there is no honor, in men that see injustice and crimes being committed and remain silent, or keep them hidden. The motives of such men, either suggest that they're complicit or their actions, may be based, on cowardice. So, what does their silence and or denials, represent?