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[0] I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor -in -Chief John Bickley.
[1] It's Wednesday, April 5th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
[2] The creator of Cash App, a mobile payment service, was stabbed to death in San Francisco yesterday morning.
[3] According to police, 43 -year -old tech mogul Bob Lee was attacked in the city's downtown Rincon Hill neighborhood around 2 .30 a .m. on Tuesday, and no arrests have yet been made.
[4] Elon Musk took to Twitter to condemn San Francisco for its ongoing spree of violent crime.
[5] He also asked San Fran's district attorney if the city was taking stronger action to incarcerate repeat offenders.
[6] Missouri officials are reporting that multiple people are dead or injured after a tornado swept through Bollinger County, 50 miles south of St. Louis early Wednesday morning.
[7] Sergeant Clark Parrott of the Missouri State Highway Patrol added that damage is widespread and devastating.
[8] We knew it was going to be bad just based on what we're going to.
[9] We saw a roadside, but just seeing aerial footage of it is just heartbreaking to try to absorb it, even though we see tornado damage, you know, it seems like every day.
[10] But this is, you know, I mean, when it hits your area, it's just a little bit different.
[11] Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met with the president of Taiwan today in Southern California, despite warnings from China, which called the meeting a provocation.
[12] At bipartisan group of lawmakers attended the meeting, the event was a show of support for the independent island and the first time the leader of Taiwan met with a House speaker on U .S. soil.
[13] Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Judge Janet Protizawicz, soundly defeated conservative -backed candidate Dan Kelly on Tuesday in a race that was crucial for the ideological balance of the court.
[14] Daily Wire reporter Amanda Presto Giacomo has more.
[15] Protasewix earned about 55 .5 % of the vote to Kelly's 44 .5%.
[16] Proto Saywicks racked up huge margins in urban areas like Milwaukee in Madison, while Kelly was unable to get the turnout he needed in more rural areas.
[17] The race, which was one of the most expensive court races in U .S. history, will likely have major impacts on policies in the Badger State, including abortion, voter integrity measures, election maps, and guns.
[18] The state's voter ID law could even be in jeopardy as a result of Tuesday's election, as left -wing challenges could prevail in court.
[19] In Chicago, Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson was elected on Tuesday as the city's next mayor.
[20] He defeated moderate rival Paul Vallis, a former Chicago Public Schools CEO.
[21] Johnson will succeed Lori Lightfoot, the first incumbent Chicago mayor to lose re -election in decades.
[22] North Carolina State Representative Tricia Codham has switched political parties, joining the Republican Party and giving the GOP a veto -proof majority in the state legislature.
[23] Modern -day Democratic Party has become unrecognizable to me and to so many others throughout this state and this country.
[24] The party wants to villainize anyone who has free thought, free judgment, has solutions.
[25] If you don't do exactly what the Democrats want you to do, they will try to bully you.
[26] They will try to cast you aside.
[27] Well, does your drive home updates this afternoon?
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