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--:-- John Bickley: I'm Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Thursday, May 4th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
--:-- Georgia Howe: After six days of deliberation, a jury in Washington, D.C. has convicted four out of the five Proud Boy defendants of seditious conspiracy in relation to the January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol.
--:-- John Bickley: The men convicted are Enrique Tarrio, the former chairman of the Proud Boys, and three other members and chapter leaders, Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, and Zachary Rehl.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Various Democrat political leaders are speaking out after a homeless man on a New York subway died from being put in a chokehold on Monday.
--:-- John Bickley: Here with more is Daily Wire senior editor, Kevin Phillips.
--:-- Kevin Phillips: Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claims that 30-year-old Jordan Neely was murdered. Meanwhile, New York City Mayor Eric Adams called that accusation irresponsible at a time when, quote, we are still investigating the situation.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The city medical examiner ruled the death homicide on Wednesday.
--:-- Kevin Phillips: Witnesses say that Neely was threatening riders on the subway when another passenger took him down from behind and placed him in a chokehold for about 15 minutes as other passengers helped subdue him.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Neely had been arrested over 40 times in the past and had an outstanding assault warrant at the time of his death.
--:-- Kevin Phillips: Still, Mayor Adams stressed that there are, quote, so many unknowns at this time.
--:-- John Bickley: I was a former transit police officer and I responded to many jobs where you had a passenger assisted someone. And so we cannot just blankly say what a passenger should or should not do in a situation like that.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The United Auto Workers, an influential union in U.S. politics, has announced that it has not yet made a decision whether or not to re President Joe Biden in the 2024 election citing concerns over his plans to increase electric vehicles on the road a move that could take jobs away from Americans.
--:-- John Bickley: Here with more is Daily Wire senior editor Joel [presumably Needler, based on the context].
--:-- Joel Needler: Biden has supported policies that would effectively require two-thirds of new cars sold in the U.S. to be electric within a decade. However, electric vehicles often use fewer parts, meaning fewer workers are required to manufacture them and are often made overseas in places like China.
--:-- Georgia Howe: UAW's president sent a memo to members this week saying that the federal government is pouring billions into the electric vehicle transition with no strings attached and no commitment to workers, while adding that the EV transition is at serious risk of becoming a race to the bottom.
--:-- Kevin Phillips: A Manhattan jury ruled Thursday that English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran was not liable for copyright infringement in the case regarding his 2014 hit song, Thinking Out Loud.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The song was accused of sounding too similar to Marvin Gaye's hit song, Let's Get It On.
--:-- Kevin Phillips: The suit, which was brought by the family of a co-writer of the song, was asking for $100 million in damages.
--:-- John Bickley: Sheeran has stated that if the case had gone the other way, he would quit music altogether.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Thanks for listening. And before you go, we have some exciting news on behalf of our show.
--:-- Kevin Phillips: We just launched a lot of new Morning Wire merch. Plus, we've restocked some of our most popular items.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And if that wasn't exciting enough, Cabot and I are actually modeling the new apparel on the website.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: You can find all of our merch at dailywire.com slash shop.
--:-- John Bickley: Thanks for listening to the Morning Wire.
