Morning Wire - NY’s Rat Czar & TN Lawmaker Footage | Afternoon Update | 4.14.23

Episode Date: April 14, 2023

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I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Friday, April 14th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. New York City has officially appointed its first ever Rat Tsar, its new director of rodent mitigation, Kathleen Karate. The job description specified that the czar would need to have, quote, the drive, determination, and killer instinct needed to fight the real enemy, New York City's relentless rat population. Karate reportedly has been passionate about rodent extermination since childhood, citing a formative experience seeing a rat carcass in the subway at age 10. She reportedly led the Education Department's rodent reduction efforts as well. Footage appearing to show a recently expelled Democratic Tennessee lawmakers

stopping cars and assaulting drivers during 2020 protests has been brought to light. Daily Wire reporter Zach Jule has more. Nashville Metro Representative Justin Jones said in 2020, that the narrative of him being violent was false. But the newly released video footage shows Jones throwing a caution cone into the open window of a car driving by a protest. On Monday afternoon, Jones, who's expelled for leading an anti-gun protest during the storming of the state capital last month,

was reinstated to the house. Washington commander's owner, Dan Snyder, is reportedly selling the team after nearly 30 years. Here with more is Crane and Company co-host David Cohn. Wall Street Titan Josh Harris is reportedly leading the way with a $6 billion bid. Now, that figure would set a record for highest price paid in North America for a sports team. Former NBA legend Magic Johnson is also involved in the purchase. Canadian billionaire Steve Apostolopoulos is still engaged in a head-to-head race with the Harris Group.

Josh Harris also owns the Philadelphia 76ers and the United States. the New Jersey Devils hockey team. And scandal has struck the Kenya Open Chess Championship after a male player disguised himself as a woman by wearing a veil and covering his body head to toe except for his eyes to compete in the female's competition. After being caught, he admitted to being a college student who needed money, so he chose to fake his identity

in hopes of winning the $42,000 cash prize. 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 Morning Wire every morning.