. >> your counterpart, secretary benson, in georgia, secretary of state brad raffensperger, wrote ane "wall street journal" about this. it's called "i can't keep trump off the ballot." in it he writes, "for a secretary of state to remove a candidate would only reinforce the grievances of those who see the system as rigged and corrupt." doesn't he have a point? >> yeah. there's a lot of real concerns there. and frankly one of the biggest things that is impressing upon me in this moment isn't simply this question of are state election officials really the proper deciders in this as unilateral decision makers? i don't think so. i think the courts are. but secondly, our job as state election officials is to ensure people can trust the system, people have faith in their vote in our democracy, and though i will follow the law and uphold the constitution, whatever that may be, as first and foremost, a north star for me is ensuring our democracy is one that gives people choices, that respects voters and political parties' opportunity to elect their preferred candidates. so all of that is tie