Gov. Shapiro’s Secret Power Grab & Reporter Censored on Nextdoor | 8.26.26

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The White House and Republicans roll out their strategy for staving off a Democrat wave in the midterms.

**Georgia Howe** (0:40)
We have the exclusive on newly revealed RNC plans and campaign messaging.

**John Bickley** (0:44)
I'm Daily Wire, Executive Editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Wednesday, August 26th. This is Morning Wire.

**Georgia Howe** (0:58)
Pennsylvania's Democrat governor pushes to radically rewrite the state's health code, and it would give his administration alarming new police powers.

**Megan Brock** (1:06)
Governor Shapiro is looking to drastically expand his authoritarian police powers through these kind of covert, quiet regulation.

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And a horrifying murder case involving an illegal immigrant suspect shakes one of the safest communities in the country. We talked to a reporter from the area about the fallout.

**Luke Rosiak** (1:24)
It happened only a couple miles from my house, and it's virtually unprecedented here. But the thing is, once the arrest was made, it seemed like there was a cover up.

**Georgia Howe** (1:33)
Thanks for waking up with Morning Wire. Stay tuned. We have the news you need to know.

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Less than 70 days out from midterm elections and the White House and Republicans have begun to reveal more details about their final push campaign strategy.

**John Bickley** (2:55)
Joining us now with some exclusives is our White House correspondent, Mary Margaret Olohan. Great to have you on.

**Mary Margaret Olohan** (3:00)
Great to be here.

**John Bickley** (3:01)
First, you have a new scoop on the Republican National Convention, which the Daily Wire is going to be at, by the way. What have we learned now is going to go down there?

**Mary Margaret Olohan** (3:10)
Yesterday, we broke the news that President Donald Trump will appear on both night one and night two of the Republican National Convention, which is going to take place in Dallas on September 9th and 10th. Now, he will speak on night two. He'll deliver the keynote address, and then Vice President JD Vance, he's going to speak on night one of the RNC Convention. Then what we really learned from our exclusive, from the RNC, all these officials we talked to yesterday, is that this is going to be a primetime showcase of President Donald Trump's first administration and his second administration's wins, and it's going to urge Americans to kind of reflect on, look how good you have it, we are making progress. Do you want this to continue to go this way, or do you want obstruction from Democrats? They're going to portray Democrats as extreme and radical, and they're going to contrast those extreme radical positions with Republicans' mainstream views on a lot of issues. Now, that includes transgenderism, it includes the border, it includes a lot of the different tax cuts the Trump administration has got for the American people, and so much more.
There's going to be a lot of emphasis on everyday working Americans. They're going to bring in people who support the president, but they're also going to bring in a lot of these Republican candidates who are running in key races all over the country who are going to need support financially and also just support across the board from Americans. They need their vote, and they need word of mouth to just get out their cause, and the RNC is a great way to do this, and the president and the vice president intend to do just that.