trump, thank you. these will be here all night. , lara who did the video for me, mayor rudy giuliani. i told him he was once america's man, he has -- is always staten island's mayor. marty golder, my buddy who introduced me. and andy lanza. [indiscernible] all my fellow elected officials who stood by my side and it was not easy for them. and i thank them for their friendship. for their loyal, unwavering support. chair edpeople, state cox, brendan langtry, we won that conservative party. did you know that? chairman mike long. [indiscernible] are on thew that we independent line? where also on the reform party line. my chairman who is here. thank you. groups, all myny all my in labor, friends, first responders and all the people in uniform who protect us every day supported me. i thank you. ethan from washington who ran my campai out of washington. , all those folks, pat ryan, all this people from my who helped make this happen and our campaign chair. [applause] >> i do not know where he is. but thank you all. thank you all. let me take a few moments to tell you why this was so importan