 and political influence. They, of course, have consolidated behind him. Thiel funded his 2022 Senate campaign. You know, this is a serious tension, I think, in the Republican campaign. They've been campaigning on economic populism, what they call economic populism, and promising to protect the working man. At the same time, they've been accepting enormous checks from Silicon Valley billionaires and millionaires and plumbing them for donations and hosting fundraisers out there.