I think the answer is the wire must be part of a closed circuit.
I am not very sure but I would probably use on the other hand or therefore.
The news sources form of the speech might not have the speech entirely, meaning that the clips they do have could be easily taken out of context.
A personal reading of the transcript has the full speech, and it can be interpreted fully without anything being taken out of context.
I would say D. because of how scrawny is a negative word.
An example:
Skinny, thin<span>, and slender</span><span>. </span><span>These three words all mean having less weight on one's body than what might be considered average. But the connotations differ since the suggested meanings of </span><span>skinny </span><span>and </span>thin <span>are often more negative than </span>slender<span>, with </span>skinny potentially the most negative of the three<span>.
It is the same for scrawny, thin, petite, and little. </span>
