Hey, welcome everybody to the Jim Acosta show.

For the folks who have been tuning in over the last couple of hours, I'm coming to you live from the grounds of the University of Virginia.

I've been told not to call it the campus of the University of Virginia.

It's the grounds.

And as you can see, I'm joined by Tara Setmeyer.

Tara with the Seneca Project.

Tara was also part of this great discussion that was here earlier today.

Larry Sabato hosting this great, it was almost like a town hall meeting, wasn't it?

I mean, the people came and they had great questions.

Folks are really worked up and worried about the state of our democracy right now as they should.

And there was a lot to talk about.

When we were talking about, Tara, the big scandal in D.C. right now.

Signal gate.

You had these, you know, top administration officials using a signal group chat to discuss war plans for hitting the Houthis with airstrikes.

Let's start there, Tara, because, I mean, you've been in politics for quite a while.

You've seen a lot of stuff come and go. What was your reaction to all of that?

And there are folks who were chiming in right now. You did a great job, Tara. So,

congrats. Oh, congrats.

Oh, thank you. But we should talk about some news here because, I mean, that, that strikes me as

like an unbelievable scandal. That was a, holy shit. That was my reaction.

Yes, exactly.

Too bad it wasn't on Friday because that would have been your new Friday show that you do.

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