OK everyone there seems to be some confusion regarding the mandate for 2FA in gitlab.  I logged into gitlab and it told me I had to enable 2FA for my account.  My account is backed by RH SAML, which uses 2FA.  This is why I indicated prior that I have been using 2FA on gitlab for some time now...because RH corp policies already make this happen.  This is why RH SAML exists.  We need to undo this before the 27th before people who have been diligently doing their security hygene already are locked out.