I dunno. Makes sense to me. “You’ve been forced to take this seriously, and we need to take it just as seriously.” Probably tried mid-stream to emphasize she knows her audience is taking it seriously, after she already said she is taking it seriously.
Then again, to me, this sentence is probably the best thing Rummy ever said,
“Reports that say that something hasn’t happened are always interesting to me, because, as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we now know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don’t know.”
Some accuse that of being word salad, but I think it’s brilliant.
Best funniest and witty response to a question I heard Rummy say was when a reporter asked him.......”is Saddam alive or dead?”...Rummy answered......”yes, he’s alive or dead” He was sharp