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Thank you. I'm really happy to be here.

Thank you. I'm really happy to be here.

It's I've spent

Thank you.

Ah, I was just in this building in July.

It's so funny, I was just in this building in July. I had no idea it was the same building until it was

pulling up tonight. I was like, that looks very familiar. I'm so grateful to be here. I am actually and I just want to be clear I like every

part of the United States I'm from here I was was born here. I will die here. Hopefully not too soon.

But I've made that commitment and I'm buried near my dogs.

But I love the whole country. I grew up on one coast, I live on the

other, whoever clapped for me being buried next to my dogs, I like you. Because I feel that way. But I have to say, and this is not pandering. This is totally sincere. I especially love this part of the Midwest. I just love it

And I love it for incredibly shallow reasons that I'll just be,

first of all, I love to hunt and fish here.

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