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From the July 18, 2024, edition of CNN's CNN Republican National Convention: Night 4

KAITLAN COLLINS (ANCHOR): What obviously this was billed as was a totally rewritten speech focused on unity. There's no denying the beginning was certainly compelling. He recounted in detail what it was like to be on stage in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday night, and he spent about ten to 15 minutes doing that. Then we got to the middle and it sounded like a normal, typical Trump rally that would have happened before Saturday. He called Nancy Pelosi "crazy Nancy Pelosi." He talked about "they" are trying to destroy our country. He called the 2020 election ridiculous… He exemplified Hungary’s authoritarian strongman leader who has, you know, scaled back democratic norms in that country. And a lot of that was exactly as a typical Trump speech is.