 to give the federal government power to protect people, the equal protection rights of people, when states failed in their obligation to protect them. The 14th Amendment doesn't empower states. They don't need empowerment by the 14th Amendment. The 14th Amendment empowers the national government, what we call the federal government. This is really inexcusable. This kind of incoherence in the platform language is an embarrassment. But I want to go back to something that's missing in terms of