♪ >> Pete: AS YOU KNOW, R.F.K. JR. LEFT THE RACE TO ENDORSE DONALD TRUMP AND ASKED HIS VOTERS TO THROW THEIR SUPPORT BEHIND HIM. BUT, THERE'S A PROBLEM. HE CAN'T GET OFF THE BALLOT. HE HAS FILED IN MULTIPLE STATES TO REMOVE HIS NAME, HE WANTS TO. AND SOME SWING STATES HAVE AGREED. BUT, AT LEAST TWO ARE REFUSING. BIG ONES. MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN. JOCELYN BENSON, MICHIGAN'S DEMOCRAT SECRETARY OF STATE TOLD NBC NEWS QUOTE MINOR PARTY CANDIDATES CANNOT WITHDRAW. NOT ALLOWED. HIS NAME WILL REMAIN. ELECTION COMMISSION POINTED TO STATE LAW SAYS ONCE A CANDIDATE HAS FILED FOR OFFICE THEY MUST REMAIN ON THE BALLOT UNLESS THEY DIE. THEY VOTED ON THAT. JOINING US IS NICOLE SHANAHAN R.F.K. JR.'S FORMER RUNNING MATE. THANKS FOR BEING HERE, NICOLE. KAMALA -- >> -- THANK THANKS FOR HAVING ME. REAL CLEAR POLITICS AVERAGE MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, VERY EARLY, VERY CLOSE. ARE YOU WORRIED THAT IF THEY DO GET THEIR WAY AND KEEP YOUR FORMER RUNNING MATE'S NAME ON THE BALLOT IT WILL CONFUSE SOME PEOPLE WITH ENOUGH VOTES STILL IN THE RACE THAT IT COULD CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THOSE RACES. IS THAT WHAT THEY WANT? HOUR STATUS RIGHT NOW IS TBD. THERE ARE PATHS FOR US TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT TO GET OFF THE BALLOTS IN THOSE STATES. I ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR, PETE, THAT WE ARE REMAINING ON THE BALLOT INTENTIONALLY ON MANY OTHER STATES. WE SHOULD BE ON ABOUT 40 STATE BALLOTS. INTEGRITY. WE DID SET OUT TO WIN IT AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW WE FORMED A COALITION GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP WITH DONALD TRUMP AND GOT A GREAT TEAM. FIGURING IT OUT EVERY DAY. WE ARE QUICKLY BECOMING BALLOT EXPERTS AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE MAKE IT STATE BY STATE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE TO ANNOUNCE TO FOLKS. >> THE DEMOCRATS DIDN'T WANT YOU IN THE RACE. THEY DIDN'T WANT YOU ON THE BALLOT. THEY DIDN'T WANT YOU TO HAVE SECRET SERVICE. SWING STATES. THEY REMOVED SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION. THEY WON'T REMOVE YOU FROM THE BALLOTS. I KNOW YOU HAVE A STRATEGIES ABOUT SWING STATES VS. OTHER STATES. I'M CONFUSED ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU ASKED ABOUT THAT. IS THIS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN AFTER YOUR CAMPAIGN FROM THE BEGINNING AND NOW THEY WANT TO USE YOU IN SWING STATES UNTIL THE END? >> INCREDIBLY DISINGENUOUS. TESTIFIED IN THE NEW YORK CASE WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN PUTTING PROBABLY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT THIS POINT APPRECIATE US FROM BEING ON THE NEW YORK STATE BALLOT. REALLY IRONIC THAT THEY ARE CHANGING THEIR POSITION. WE'RE KEEPING THEM ON THEIR TOES. BUT, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR OUR GOAL WHEN WE SET OUT TO RUN THIS RACE WAS TO BREAK THE DEOPOLY. WE ARE MIXING THINGS UP. WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO SHOW THE AMERICAN PUBLIC THIRD PARTIES CAN CONTEND AND VERY STRONG CHALLENGERS. THERE IS ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF VALUE IN AN INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT THAT CAN LEVERAGE ITS POSITION TO GET MANY OF THESE ISSUES FRONT AND CENTER. ISSUES THAT THESE THIRD PARTIES REPRESENT IN OUR CASE MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN. >> CERTAINLY MIX IT UP AND CERTAINLY INTRODUCED THAT AS A SERIOUS TOPIC WHICH WHEN I TALK TO PEOPLE RESONATES WITH A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE. AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW MANY OF THOSE PERCENTAGE OF VOTERS HAD YOU MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF DONAL