What is the best way to report what the speaker said when a speech is long and riddled with filler words such as “um” and “you know”?

A. reprint the entire speech word-for-word and break it up with double returns
B. mention that the person gave a speech and promise to reprint it in your next story
C. ignore the speech and write the story without mentioning it
D. use an indirect quote to condense the speech

D. use an indirect quote to condense the speech

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