Thursday, August 4th, 2022

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 4 August 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Today's headlines: Representative Peter Meijer became the second House Republican who voted for Trump impeachment to lose the primary. New election results have arrived out of Arizona, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas and Washington. Indiana Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski has died in a car accident that also killed two staffers. According to new reports, Phones of top Pentagon officials were wiped of January 6th messages. Finally, Alex Jones' lawyer accidentally sent the contents of Jones' phone revealing InfoWars' financials and texts he claimed didn't exist, while the Jan. 6 Committee Prepares to Subpoena those texts as well as other emails. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: CNN: Rep. Peter Meijer becomes second House Republican who voted for Trump impeachment to lose primary NY TImes: Live Primary Results: Last Night’s Key Races CNN: Indiana Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski dies in car accident that also killed 2 staffers Washington Post: Phones of top Pentagon officials were wiped of Jan. 6 messages Insider: Alex Jones' lawyer accidentally sent the contents of Jones' phone, revealing InfoWars' financials and texts he claimed didn't exist: Sandy Hook parents' attorney Rolling Stone: Exclusive: Jan. 6 Committee Prepares to Subpoena Alex Jones’ Texts, Emails Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Thursday, August 4th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented
0:06.1	by Betcha's media.
0:07.6	I'm Sammy Sage, and this episode is brought to you by BetterHelp.
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0:23.7	We're starting today with some analysis of the primary election results from Tuesday.
0:28.5	While the victory in Kansas to preserve the right to an abortion led the headlines,
0:32.6	today we have results in candidate races.
0:35.6	Also on the ballot in Kansas was the Republican primary for Secretary of State.
0:40.0	This elected position is important because this is the person who Trump calls when he wants
0:44.0	someone to find 11,780 votes, hypothetically.
0:49.0	On Tuesday, Republican incumbent Scott Schwab, who has repeatedly rejected Trump's false
0:53.6	claims of voter fraud, won his primary against an election denier.
0:58.2	However, in Michigan, Peter Mayer became the second Republican primary candidate who
1:02.8	voted in favor of Trump's impeachment and ended up losing his primary.
1:07.0	On the slightly brighter side, Mayer lost more narrowly than he was expected to, to election
1:12.4	denier John Gibbs, who will now run for Mayer's House seat.
1:16.7	In the Michigan governor's race, Maga candidate Tutor Dickson won the Republican primary
1:21.5	and will compete against Gretchen Whitmer in what will be a competitive race for the
1:25.1	government.
1:26.1	Hard to say if a name like Tutor Dickson, which sounds like she could be cast on the real
1:30.3	Housewives of the Confederacy, will turn out to be an electoral liability.
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