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--:-- Georgia Howe: I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley. It's Wednesday, March 13th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The House passes a TikTok ban in a largely bipartisan vote. On this vote, the yeas are 352. The nays are 65. One present, two-thirds being in the affirmative. The rules are suspended. The bill is passed.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce has the latest.
--:-- Tim Pierce: Today, the House voted in favor of bipartisan legislation that would give TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, six months to divest from the popular platform or face a nationwide ban. Essentially, app stores would prohibit access to TikTok if ByteDance refuses to sell off ownership.
--:-- Tim Pierce: The bill passed without the support of House progressives, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and 13 conservative Republicans.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Here's Republican Representative Thomas Massey, who says he's concerned over the bill's constitutionality.
--:-- Thomas Massey: Americans have the right to view information. We don't need to be protected by the government from information. Some of us just don't want the president picking which apps we can put on our phones or which websites that we can visit. We don't think that's appropriate.
--:-- Thomas Massey: Meanwhile, members who support the measure, such as Republican Representative Mike Gallagher, say TikTok is a national security threat.
--:-- Mike Gallagher: It takes no position at all on the content of speech Only foreign adversary control of what is becoming the dominant news platform for Americans under 30 This is a common sense measure to protect our national security.
--:-- Mike Gallagher: I urge my colleagues to support this critical bipartisan legislation.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The bill now heads to the Senate, where its future is currently uncertain, since Majority Leader Chuck Schumer hasn't committed to putting it on the floor.
--:-- Georgia Howe: President Biden has said he will sign the bill if it reaches his desk.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The judge overseeing Trump's election interference case in Georgia dismissed some of the charges facing the former president today.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Daily Wire reporter Amanda Prestigiacomo has more.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has voided six counts in the indictment, including three against former President Trump. The judge said prosecutors failed to provide enough detail about the alleged crimes.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: The rest of the racketeering indictment stands, with Trump still facing 10 charges. Prosecutors could seek a new indictment to try to reinstate the charges Judge McAfee dismissed, or they could appeal the ruling.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: Both, though, would further delay the case.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The judge's decision comes the same week he's expected to decide on the potential disqualification of Fulton County DA Fonnie Willis from prosecuting the case.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Willis is accused of misconduct due to her romantic relationship with her subordinate President, Nathan Wade.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Hunter Biden rejected an invite today from House Republicans to appear in a public hearing.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Biden's attorney, Abby Lowell, dismissed the hearing as a carnival show.
--:-- Abby Lowell: In a letter obtained by the Associated Press, Lowell blasted the effort after Hunter sat for a nearly seven deposition last month The president son would have appeared alongside several of his former business associates who are facing their own legal issues
--:-- Abby Lowell: The dismissal of the invitation comes after Hunter Biden and his lawyer insisted late last year that he appear for a public hearing instead of a private deposition, citing concerns that GOP lawmakers would distort his interview.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: The police chief in Uvalde, Texas, has resigned. His decision comes just days after a report cleared several officers of wrongdoing during their response to the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Chief Daniel Rodriguez did not address the report or the shooting itself in his statement.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The report cleared law enforcement of wrongdoing when they waited 77 minutes for tactical gear to arrive on scene before intervening in the mass shooting while students remained locked inside a classroom.
--:-- Georgia Howe: 19 students and two teachers were killed.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The investigator who wrote the report did note a clear communication issue between responding officers and the school district police.
--:-- Georgia Howe: At a Uvalde City Council meeting Tuesday, parents voiced their disappointment over the council's previous statement, saying they may not accept the report.
--:-- Georgia Howe: As far as the chief's resignation, that doesn't absolve y'all. Y'all's responsibility to terminate the three officers I mentioned last week.
--:-- Georgia Howe: That's Javier Martinez, Luis Landry and Eduardo Canales.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A presidential rematch is officially set. Both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden have clinched their party nominations
--:-- Georgia Howe: Trump worked his way through a crowded primary defeating 14 Republican challengers while Biden ran virtually unopposed
--:-- Georgia Howe: The nomination set the stage for the first presidential election rematch since 1956 and will be the longest general election campaign ever with 238 days until the November election.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is giving a preview into who might be his running mate.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The shortlist reportedly includes NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers and former Minnesota governor and professional wrestler Jesse Ventura.
--:-- Georgia Howe: According to the New York Times, Mr. Kennedy says both men top his list, though it remains unclear if either Rodgers or Ventura have formally been offered the post.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And UFC Hall of Famer and former heavyweight champion Mark Coleman is in the hospital battling for his life.
--:-- Georgia Howe: This comes after he ran into a burning building to save his parents, whose house caught on fire earlier this week.
--:-- Georgia Howe: According to a social media post from Coleman's daughter, he went into the burning house several times and was able to bring out both his mother and his father.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Over the past few days, there's been an outpouring of well wishes from combat sport athletes.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Here's what friend and current UFC fighter Matt Brown told WBNS in Ohio.
--:-- Matt Brown: Coleman's one of the strongest, most savage guys I know. He's just always a positive person, optimistic to the very end. So we know that he's going to get through this. We know that he's going to get stronger from this. You know, so we just all got to admit our thoughts.
--:-- 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.
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