we had a very difficult time during the primary, in part because of covid. you put them under a -- where we had a mod or monitor on site. it was called a nerd jones, he took a notation. he had gone from state farm to the english street warehouse where he watched activities. before he left the arena he noted how many ballots have been counted on each one of machines. when he came out after we found out they were working and he had took note again. when they closed i believe the number was somewhere around 8900 total ballots from the time he left to about 12:30 or 1:00 in the morning. way below 18,000. >> let's play the next clip. >> i heard it was close, i said no way. if they dropped a lot of votes, they laid a tight, you have that red. >> mister secretary, did somebody drop a lot of votes there late at night? >> now. i believe that the president was referring to some of the