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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

And welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punch Bull News.

It's Wednesday, July 17th, 2024.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, Republican campaign chiefs are dreaming big about winning in November in Milwaukee. Number two, what the Republican senators running to

replace McConnell are doing here. And number three, Biden continues to try to reengage with the Hill.

All right, Jake, let's get to it. We are leading Punch Bull News a.m. with a look at how both

the Senate and House Republican campaign chiefs are dreaming big as the party unifies behind

former president Donald Trump and J.D. Vance at the head at the top of the ticket here in

Milwaukee. Richard Hudson, the NRC chair, making big predictions about how Republicans could win in November.

Yeah, listen, I would say a few things.

Number one, there's a theory out there that is voiced by Republicans and Democrats that if Biden um, if Biden, if Biden's drag is as, as it seems now,

if he's, if he's as unpopular as it seems now in November, then Democrats will not be coming

out to vote and, um, that would open up new possibilities for, for, uh, the GOP.

Again, we don't know whether this will be the case right now we are just we are um republicans are dreaming democrats are pretty glum so hudson said to us to max and

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