AOC Makes Headlines & AI Takes 911 Calls | 8.11.26

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**Georgia Howe** (0:34)
Massive changes are coming to both the House and the Senate amid an unprecedented wave of departures, primary upsets and scandals. I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley. It's Tuesday, August 11th, and this is Morning Wire.

**John Bickley** (0:55)
As another controversial DSA candidate faces her primary in Wisconsin, AOC's comments on Woke One go viral.

**Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez** (1:03)
Woke One was crazy.

**Georgia Howe** (1:05)
Woke One was crazy.

**Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez** (1:07)
Okay, that's it. And I think that what's important is that we have to assess what expanded this thing.

**Georgia Howe** (1:14)
And a major US city turns to AI while the battle over flock cameras grows. We talk about the latest on policing in the US.

**John Bickley** (1:22)
Thanks for waking up with Morning Wire. Stay tuned. We have the news you need to know.

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**John Bickley** (2:41)
Nine sitting members of the House have now lost their primaries and another 60 are not running for re-election. With more than a dozen states still yet to vote, that number is expected to climb.

**Georgia Howe** (2:52)
Joining us now to break down the primary season shakeup is Wired In host Cabot Phillips. So Cabot, can you just put this in context for us? How big of a shakeup is this?

**Cabot Phillips** (3:01)
Yeah, it's historic. We have not seen this many members lose their primary races since at least 1970 And again, that number is expected to climb over the next month or so. In a typical election cycle since World War II, about six and a half house incumbents lose their primaries total across both parties. We've already blown past that average in June. But another crucial number is that nearly 60 house members are choosing not to seek re-election. That is the highest number since 1992 Now, some are retiring outright. A lot of them left after their seats were gerrymandered, and it became clear that they were not going to win re-election. And still others are running for Senate or governor, but that is a lot of churn. And again, for those retiring, it's not just because they're old. A lot of them kind of seeing the writing on the wall coming. And combined with the flipped seats and the primary challengers that we just talked about, we could be looking at, get this, 100 new faces in the House of Representatives next year.
It would be a completely new chamber. And then there's the Senate. Two Republicans, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and John Cornyn of Texas, both lost their primaries to challengers running to their right.
11 senators are also not seeking re-election, most of them Republicans. But the House is certainly where the turnover has been most dramatic. And there are some clear political patterns developing.

**Georgia Howe** (4:14)
Well, and I want to ask you about those. But first, let's talk about Democrats, because they accounted for most of these incumbents losing.