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Good morning, I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to The Daily Punch. Brought to you by Punchball News. It is Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington

headlines of the day. Number one, how Steve Scalise plans to operate in Trump's Washington. Number two,

Michigan Democrats don't buy Trump's in road with black voters. And number three, House Republican

leadership is heading to New York for Donald Trump. Let's get into it. Good morning from Tucson,

Arizona, where I have spent the last, I guess I've been here just for a day.

I've been in Arizona for a day. I was with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise.

Scalise was in McAllen, Texas, all over South Texas, to be honest with you.

And then flew here to Scottsdale, where he had an event with Dave Schweiker, Republican of Arizona,

who has a tough race in the Scottsdale area.

And then to Tucson, Arizona, where Scalise rallied with J.D. Vance, the vice presidential

candidate, and held an event for Juan Siski Mani, the Arizona

Republican who has a hell of a race here in the Tucson area. I have a lot of news. We are going to get

to a lot of news over in this morning's edition, in the afternoon edition, and perhaps in the

evening edition. Depends how much I could cram into the afternoon edition

for premium subscribers. But I will say a few things about Scalise. Think about this. In the last

decade, Scalise has been shot, had tons of surgeries, was diagnosed with cancer, is in remission from cancer, and is still

grinding on the road and in the Capitol to now to elect House Republicans and to try

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