Dems Fight Over Possible Platner Swap, Farage Resigns, Charlie Kirk Case DNA Reveal: AM Update 7/8

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**Emily Jushinsky** (0:32)
Good morning, everyone. I'm Emily Jushinsky, host of After Party and the Megyn Kelly Wrap Up Show on SiriusXM Channel 111 It's Wednesday, July 8th, 2026 and this is your AM Update. Democratic Socialists gaining ground in blue state primaries as the party confronts a much tougher test in the swing races that will decide the midterms.

**Nigel Farage** (0:52)
Let me be absolutely clear. I have done nothing wrong.
I have not broken the law in any way at all.

**Emily Jushinsky** (1:01)
Nigel Farage pushing back against financial allegations, but also resigning his seat.

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**Emily Jushinsky** (1:12)
A major DNA revelation in the Charlie Kirk murder case, as prosecutors reveal Tyler Robinson's so-called transgender lover and roommate was also linked to key evidence recovered during the investigation.
And Prince Harry loses another major battle against the British press and now faces a potentially massive legal bill. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.

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**Emily Jushinsky** (2:54)
Some Democrats heading into the midterms increasingly convinced that the path back to power requires candidates who are angrier, more confrontational, and considerably further to the left. A string of recent primary victories giving the party's democratic socialist wing new momentum, while raising a far more consequential question. Can the movement that is thriving in some of America's bluest districts actually win the competitive races that will determine control of Congress, and key state governments?
New York City's socialist mayor Zohra Mamdani, in a recent interview with ABC News, pointing to the success of several congressional candidates, he endorsed as evidence voters are embracing the movement's message.

**Zohra Mamdani** (3:32)
When we're talking about these incredible congressional candidates, they won their races and they won their races with the vision of what politics should be, and one that actually speaks to working people. And for a lot of people who ask themselves, what does democratic socialism mean? And you can tell them the answer at a theoretical level. It's the choice to extend democracy from the ballot box the rest of their lives.

**Emily Jushinsky** (3:53)
Those candidates, however, were running in heavily democratic districts where winning the primary essentially guarantees victory in November. The real test coming in the races where democrats still have to win over the middle. In Wisconsin, democratic socialist state representative Francesca Hong competing for the democrat nomination for governor, arguing that an unapologetically progressive economic agenda can succeed statewide. The New York Times reporting Hong's growing strength alarming more moderate democrats, who fear a candidate embraced by the socialist left, may struggle to capture the political middle in one of the country's most closely divided states. Hong making opposition to new data centers a centerpiece of her campaign, an issue attracting voters across traditional party lines. Her past positions, however, are fueling concerns about whether that appeal can survive a statewide general election.
Hong previously called for defunding and eventually abolishing the police. Comments that have resurfaced as moderate Democrats question whether her brand of politics can win enough voters in the middle. Meanwhile, Democrats are already fighting over who should replace Senate nominee Graham Platner, even before he has agreed to leave the race. Platner, a far-left progressive, now facing calls to withdraw after a former girlfriend accused him of sexual assault, an allegation he categorically denies.