Morning Wire - Wednesday Afternoon Update | 11.23.22

Episode Date: November 23, 2022

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I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Wednesday, November 23rd, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. The lawyers for the suspect in the mass shooting at a Colorado Springs LGBT nightclub claim that the suspect is non-binary and uses the pronouns they, them. In a court filing Tuesday, the suspect's public defenders specified their client's non-binary status and used the plural pronouns throughout the document. The suspect faces five murderers. charges as well as potential hate crime charges after opening fire in Club Q.

In another tragic incident, a disgruntled Walmart employee opened fire on his colleagues in the break room on Tuesday evening in Chesapeake, Virginia, killing six people before turning the gun on himself. Rail workers' unions are threatening to strike again a move that could trigger a shutdown that would cost the U.S. economy an estimated $2 billion per day. In a statement earlier this month, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way employees said, quote, This is the railroad's last chance to do the right thing by voluntarily agreeing to provide paid sick leave to all employees. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is calling on Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign or face congressional investigations over his mishandling of the border crisis. McCarthy made the threat on Tuesday from El Paso, one of the cities most directly impacted by the border crisis.

His actions have produced the greatest wave. of illegal immigration in recorded history. Our country may never recover from Secretary Mayorkas' dereliction of duty. This is why today I am calling on the Secretary to resign. The American public deserve more, deserve better, and expect more within their government. Enough is enough. We will do whatever it takes. The San Francisco Elections Commission decided not to renew 20-year director John Arns,

as its director reportedly because he is white. In an email sent to Arndt's Monday, the commission's president wrote, quote, Our decision wasn't about your performance, but after 20 years we wanted to take action on the city's racial equity plan and give people an opportunity to compete for a leadership position. The move reportedly sparked astonishment and criticism from Arndt's and Mayor London Breed, who herself has pushed for racial equity policies. A protest broke out at Apple Inc.'s main iPhone production plant in China, early Wednesday morning. Hundreds of workers reportedly upset over unpaid wages and COVID policies

at the plant pushed through the barricades and passed security guards who in turn reportedly beat the protesters. Anti-riot police converged on the scene and several of the workers were injured. Canadian Financial Corporation TD Bank donated half a million dollars through Canada's Children's Children's Hospitals Foundation to support gender transitions for children through a pediatric gender diversity program. The program provides medical and mental health services for trans and gender diverse youth at the McMaster's Children's Hospital in Ontario. French fashion brand, Balenciaga, apologized Tuesday after facing backlash over a recent advertisement that featured young children holding teddy bear purses dressed in bondage attire. In response to the

blowback, Balenciaga said, quote, we sincerely apologize for any offense our holiday campaign may have caused. Our plush bear bags should not have been featured with children in this campaign. We have immediately removed the campaign from all platforms. Scotland's latest attempt to break away from the United Kingdom was struck down in court on Wednesday. The U.K. Supreme Court ruled that Scotland would need to obtain consent of the British government in order to hold a new referendum on independence. According to the Washington Post, 58% of coronavirus deaths in August were people who were vaccinated or boosted. The data marks the first time that more vaccinated than unvaccinated

have died from the virus, highlighting that the COVID jabs, may lose efficacy over time. 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. Are you tired of being the gatekeeper of all of your family's plans? The Skylight Calendar sinks all of your family's schedules from Google, Outlook, and Apple,

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