Primary Voters Weigh In & Child Vaccine Schedule Slashed | 8.12.26

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Voters in several states choose candidates in races that could reshape the national landscape.

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South Carolina and President Trump need a leader who's tough, principled, and will fight to advance our conservative values in Washington.

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I'm Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Wednesday, August 12th. This is Morning Wire.

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Newly released text messages from Dr. Fauci's phone indicate experts had real concerns about the vaccine on pregnant women, but still encouraged them to get the jab.

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And Spanish citizens braced amid rumors of a second wave of invaders from Morocco, as the Spanish government vows to send every one of them back home.

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They're arriving on our shores at the expense of the European taxpayer, who is frankly sick of it.

**Georgia Howe** (1:38)
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Key primaries took place yesterday in several states, including Wisconsin and South Carolina.

**John Bickley** (1:49)
Joining us with the latest is Cabot Phillips, host of Wired In and our resident election nerd. So a lot on the line yesterday with voters taking to the polls and some very much coveted seats in the balance. The dust is settling now, so where do things stand?

**Cabot Phillips** (2:04)
So let's start with the highest-profile race for Republicans that was down in South Carolina. In the special primary election to replace the late Senator Lindsey Graham, Darlene Graham, that was Lindsey's sister, came in first place. She was followed by former Congressman Ralph Norman. Because neither got to 50 percent, though, the two will face off in a runoff election on August 25th. Darlene had the endorsement of President Trump, and there is a good chance we're going to see him on the ground in South Carolina in the coming weeks. We know for sure that this runoff is going to draw millions of dollars in spending for both campaigns.
Elsewhere on the GOP side, former NFL broadcaster and one-time guest host of Morning Wire, Michelle Tafoya, came out on top in the Minnesota Senate primary.
Over in Wisconsin, Michael Alfonso won the Republican primary in the state's seventh congressional district. That election was of particular interest because Alfonso is the son of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, and at just 26 years old, he would be the youngest member of Congress. He is in a deep red district, so the odds look very good for him in November.
Speaking of Wisconsin, let's jump over to the Democratic primary for governor there. Coming in, self-avowed socialist Francesca Hong was expected to cruise to victory. She was up 30, even 40 points in polls, and betting markets had her as a 20-1 favorite. But at the time of this recording, the race is still too close to call. Republicans I've spoken to in the state are hopeful that Hong does ultimately prevail. They're confident she'd be much easier to beat come November. But we're going to have to wait a little longer to find out. That was the big shock, though, for the evening. Again, we thought that race would be a blowout in Hong's favor.

**John Bickley** (3:36)
Again, lots on the line in several of these races. Now, turning to the White House, while all of this was happening, a huge report broke out that the president was apparently facing a very serious threat from Iran while he was in Turkey.
Can you walk us through what happened?

**Cabot Phillips** (3:50)
Yeah, this is a major report from the Washington Post. So back in early July, President Trump was wrapping up the NATO summit, while at the same time hostilities were just starting to resume again between the US and Iran. So pretty bad timing considering that Turkey obviously shares a border with Iran. Trump had flown there on his brand new Qatari-donated 747, but that morning he announced on Truth Social that he would fly home on the quote, former Air Force One for old time's sake. And cameras even recorded him boarding that plane. But according to this post report, minutes after he was seen boarding the plane, he was then escorted out using an airport catering truck that had been raised up to the side of the aircraft. That truck then drove him across the tarmac to a smaller military jet, which then flew him to England. Meanwhile, Air Force One took off as a decoy with the press corps and even some White House staffers completely unaware that Trump was not flying with them. There were even reports of certain officials and handlers going through the plane telling reporters to keep the shades on the window pulled down. The two planes landed in England within minutes of each other and President Trump then walked down the Air Force One tarmac after boarding presumably using similar methods as if nothing had happened.