This is my voice. It can tell you a lot about me and I'm not changing it for anyone.

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I'm Asma Khalid, I cover the White House.

I'm Frank Ordonez, I cover the presidential campaign. And I'm Mara White House. I'm Frank Ordunyez, I cover the presidential campaign.

And I'm Maralayason, senior national political correspondent.

And the time now is 11.51 PM Central Time on Thursday, July 18th of 2024.

And we're here, you can in fact probably hear

some of the balloons being popped from the balloon drop

this evening, but we are here just as

Donald Trump wrapped up his speech accepting the Republican presidential

nomination in Milwaukee. I am running to be president for all of America, not half of America, because there is no victory in winning

for half of America.

And he started his speech with this dramatic, yet I would say rather somber,

retelling of the assassination attempt.

So many people have asked me what happened, tell us what happened, please.

And therefore I will tell you. tell us what happened, please.

And therefore I will tell you exactly what happened.

And you'll never hear it from me a second time

because it's actually too painful to tell.

This is the first time the public has heard directly

from Trump since the shooting.

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