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--:-- Georgia Howe: I'm Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, July 23rd, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Embattled Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheadle has stepped down. Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has the latest.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Her decision comes after former President Trump was nearly assassinated on July 13th in what she called the most significant operational failure of the Secret Service in decades. While the former president was able to walk away from the incident, firefighter Corey Comparator was tragically killed by the gunfire while protecting his family.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Yesterday, Cheadle testified before the House Oversight Committee and took full responsibility, though initially maintained that she would not step down. It's worth noting that President Biden did not fire her or ask for her resignation.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Here's Oversight Committee member, Texas Representative Pat Fallin reacting to her resignation.
--:-- Pat Fallin: I wish he had been fired because, I mean, we need to change the culture of that organization. This was a catastrophic failure to protect a former president and, quite frankly, also the leading candidate to be the next president.
--:-- Pat Fallin: I recreated the shooting in Savoy, Texas on Saturday with an AR and 15 out of the 16 shots were kill shots. So it is an absolute miracle President Trump is alive today.
--:-- Georgia Howe: As a result of the attempt on President Trump's life, Homeland Security Inspector General has launched an investigation into the incident and the House Homeland Security Committee held a hearing today as well.
--:-- Georgia Howe: President Biden, who was seen today for the first time since July 17th, will speak to the American people on Wednesday night. A post on his official presidential account reads, "I will address the nation from the Oval Office on what lies ahead and how I will finish the job for the American people."
--:-- Georgia Howe: While many Americans have questioned Biden's absence and health, he did dial in by phone to a Harris event at what is now her campaign headquarters last night.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The name has changed, but the mission hasn't changed at all. Biden is also set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, who arrived yesterday, though with no greeting from Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Harris will not be in attendance for Netanyahu's congressional address tomorrow as she ramps up her campaign.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Here with more is Daily Wire contributor Matt Sanofsky.
--:-- Matt Sanofsky: Last night, Vice President Harris officially became the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party after securing over half of the party's delegates. That effectively clinches the nomination, barring a major shakeup at the Democratic National Convention next month.
--:-- Matt Sanofsky: So far, Harris has taken her spot as the party's frontrunner in stride. She secured valuable endorsements from top House and Senate Democrats Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer earlier today, adding to her already lengthy list of supporters.
--:-- Matt Sanofsky: And more importantly, she's been backed by Democratic donors, already surpassing the $100 million mark. She's now reportedly vetting possible running mates with the help of former Attorney General Eric Holder and held her first independent campaign rally in Milwaukee this afternoon.
--:-- Georgia Howe: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre appeared on The View today in her first appearance since President Biden withdrew his election bid.
--:-- Karine Jean-Pierre: I think that ridiculous. Seriously, what I will say is like the president decided not to run for re-election. That's it. That's all he decided on. We have so much more work to do, and he understands that.
--:-- Karine Jean-Pierre: He's going to speak to this in about 24 hours or so, and he'll lay that out. But this president is ready to continue to lead this country in a historic way.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: Elon Musk has vowed to kill the woke mind virus after he says his son was metaphorically killed by it. Musk's son, Xavier, who now goes by Vivian, attended progressive Los Angeles private school Crossroads and was given puberty blockers during the pandemic.
--:-- Georgia Howe: In a conversation with Daily Wire's Jordan Peterson, Musk explained how he was tricked into agreeing to what he described as sterilization drugs.
--:-- Jordan Peterson: I was essentially tricked into signing documents for one of my older boys, Xavier. This was before I had really any understanding of what was going on. We had COVID going on, so there was a lot of confusion.
--:-- Jordan Peterson: You know, I was told, oh, Xavier might commit suicide. The reason it's called dead naming is because your son is dead. So my son Xavier is dead, killed by the woke wine virus.
--:-- Jordan Peterson: I vowed to destroy the woke wine virus after that. And we're making some progress.
--:-- Georgia Howe: New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez agreed today to resign from his seat in Congress after being convicted in a bribery scheme. He'll step down on August 20th, but still remains to appeal the conviction following his sentencing in October.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Delta Airlines is under a federal investigation as it continues to face technical issues following last week's global cyber outage. All airlines have since returned to normalcy except Delta, which continues to delay and cancel flights.
--:-- Georgia Howe: According to Axios, Delta canceled or delayed 76 of its flights yesterday.
--:-- Georgia Howe: In a post on X, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said his department has opened an investigation into Delta Airlines to ensure the airline is following the law and taking care of its passengers.
--:-- Pete Buttigieg: The investigation will focus on ensuring customers were legally and adequately compensated for their travel disruptions.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A new survey on the impacts of California's minimum wage hike shows trouble for restaurants and their employees in the state. Daily Wire senior editor Ash Short has the latest.
--:-- Ash Short: In the first of its kind survey, the Employment Policies Institute asked nearly 200 restaurants who employ tens of thousands of workers how they've weathered the change.
--:-- Ash Short: The survey found that 98 percent of eateries have raised prices, 89 percent of them have cut hours for their employees and limited overtime, while 70 percent have laid off staff.
--:-- Ash Short: Sixty-seven percent of survey participants say the new raise to California's minimum wage will cost their restaurant at least one hundred thousand dollars per location every year, while around 25 percent say it will cost two hundred thousand dollars.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And home prices hit a new record high in June, with the median sale price rising to $427,000. That's the highest ever, topping May's record by over $10,000.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Home buying affordability fell to its lowest level in decades last fall and has stayed there ever since. Economists attribute the high prices to bidding wars.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Last month, over a third of homes sold for higher than their listed price. Median home prices are now over seven times higher than the median American salary.
--:-- Georgia Howe: 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.
