Morning Wire - Monday Afternoon Update | 9.26.22

Episode Date: September 26, 2022

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I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Monday, September 26th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. In Italy, conservative Georgia Maloney claimed victory early Monday morning and is projected to win a battle to become Italy's first female prime minister, leading her conservative party, Brothers of Italy, in the country's national elections. In the UK, new prime minister, Liz Truss, is pushing for an economic agenda centered upon tax cuts, deregulation, and high levels of immigration. The new Conservative Party government on Friday cancelled a rise in the corporate tax rate,

cut the basic income tax rate to 19% and began discussions about special economic zones in multiple regions of the UK. The UK's Treasury Chief promised the tax cuts would benefit the whole country. This will simplify the tax system and make Britain more competitive. It will reward enterprise and work. It will incentivize growth. It will benefit the whole economy and the whole economy. whole country.

56% of Democrats responding to a new survey from ABC News and the Washington Post revealed that they would prefer someone other than President Biden as their candidate in 2024, with just 35% of respondents saying they prefer him to run again. The poll comes as Democrats like Vice President Kamala Harris have given vague answers as to whether or not they think Biden will actually run again. The president has been very clear that he intends to run again. And if he does, I will be running with him, proudly. Former White House press secretary Jen Saki said this week that if the fast approaching midterm elections is a referendum on President Biden, Democratic candidates would certainly lose.

I think that Democrats, if the election is about who is the most extreme, as we saw Kevin McCarthy touch on there with Marjorie Taylor Green, I'll say her name, sitting over his left side, then they're going to win. If it is a referendum on the president, they will lose. After the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette urged both Pennsylvania's senatorial candidates to release their medical records, Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz released a recent medical exam result showing him in, quote, overall excellent health. Democrat John Federman has not released his medical records despite suffering a stroke in May. Instead, Federman issued a statement, quote, I trust my actual doctors over the opinion of a charlatan who played one on TV. Along with the Post Gazette, the Washington Post has also called on Federman to release his record.

Russia granted former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden citizenship on Monday. Snowden leaked information in 2013 about the NSA's surveillance operations and is still wanted by the U.S. government for espionage. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said this week that the U.S. had warned Russia that there would be, quote, catastrophic consequences for the nation if it used nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Russia understands very well what the United States would do in response. to the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine because we have spelled it out for them.

And I will leave it at that today. But as far as the question of deterrence is concerned, you know, Russia will make its decisions, but it will do so fully understanding that the United States will respond decisively. And on Monday night, NASA spacecraft DART, the double asteroid redirection test mission, is going to crash into a minor asteroid,

testing a strategy of how we could defend our planet in the future. Well, those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to DailyWire.com, and for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day, listen to the latest full episode of MorningWire every morning. From all of us here at MorningWire, we hope you're enjoying the show. Did you know that if you subscribe to DailyWire Plus, you can get access to all DailyWire has to offer?

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