Trump’s Transition, Mitch McConnell’s Successor, Why Kamala Lost | Nov. 8, 2024

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🗓️ 8 November 2024

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Top News for Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. On today’s show, we cover these stories making news: Susie Wiles will serve as the next White House chief of staff after successfully guiding President-elect Donald Trump’s winning campaign. Trump tapped Wiles for the job Thursday, making her the first woman in history to hold that role. While the dust is still settling from the 2024 election, Senate Republicans are tasked with choosing who will lead them in their new majority. Republican Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is stepping down from his leadership job after 18 years. Democrats are having a hard time coping with Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat. That’s particularly true in Washington, D.C., where she won over 92% of the vote. The Daily Signal’s Elizabeth Mitchell and Tim Kennedy hit the streets of D.C. to talk with locals about the loss. Coming tomorrow: An interview with former White House press secretary Sean Spicer on the media’s role in the 2024 election. Make “The Daily Signal Podcast” your trusted source for the news. Subscribe today on your favorite podcast platform and never miss an episode.

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0:00.0	President-elect Donald Trump will take office in just 74 days. His new chief of staff will have a big hand in the transition.
0:07.5	I'm your host, Rob Lewy, and this is the Daily Signal's top news in 10 for Friday, November 8th, 2024.
0:15.0	Susie Wiles will serve as the next White House Chief of Staff after successfully guiding
0:28.3	Trump's winning presidential campaign.
0:31.3	Trump tapped Wiles for the job Thursday, making her the first woman in history to hold
0:35.8	that role.
0:37.1	Wiles is the daughter of NFL kicker
0:38.6	and legendary sportscaster Pat Summerall. She began her career in politics working for Congressman Jack Kemp,
0:44.9	one of her father's teammates on the New York Giants. Wiles ran the 2016 Trump campaign's operations
0:50.4	in Florida and became CEO of Trump's Save America Pack in 2021.
0:55.2	With little more than two months until inauguration day, she will first turn her attention
0:59.3	to filling out Trump's cabinet and the White House staff.
1:02.5	Sean Spicer, who is Trump's first White House press secretary, praised the decision in an interview
1:07.5	with the Daily Signal today.
1:09.5	Susie's been around President Trump now for well over two years and in a senior leadership.
1:13.9	She was on the 2016 campaign, the 2020, but as like a state person.
1:18.2	This time she was at the highest levels.
1:20.0	So to stick around that well, she's going to start off really understanding the president, his mindset, his, you know, how he operates, which was something that nobody else had done.
1:32.0	She's got the respect of people from, you know, all the Maga world to the Jeb Bush's through the
1:36.9	world. So she knows Trump. She knows people. She is very well respecting the campaign. I think she's going to do very,
1:45.0	very well and hit the ground running. Make sure you continue to follow the Daily Signal for the
1:49.8	latest news on the Trump transition. While the dust is still settling from the 2024 election,
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