Hegseth Survives Impeachment Push & Texas Democrats Unveil Their Agenda | 11.11.26

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I'm DailyWire executive editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Wednesday, November 11th. Happy Veterans Day. This is MorningWire. Price freezes and sanctuary cities. Texas Democrats roll out their progressive new agenda for the state. Can they actually get it done? And James Gunn is out at the DC Universe as the paramount takeover of Warner Brothers continues to shake up Hollywood. Thanks for waking up with MorningWire. Stay tuned. We have the news you need to know. The effort to impeach war secretary Pete Hegseth failed yesterday, as Democrats and Thomas Massey failed to move the issue to a House vote. Meanwhile, key congressional leadership positions have now officially been filled. Joining us now is our DC bureau chief Tim Rice. So Tim, lots to get to you on the Congressional front. But let's start with this big Hegseth vote. What exactly happened last night and then what does it actually mean? Yes, so the vote failed, as you guys said, very narrowly, but essentially along party lines. Important to stress that only one Republican joined with Democrats to vote against, to advance the cause of impeaching Pete Hegseth. And that was Thomas Massey. The outgoing disgruntled Kentucky Republican who introduced the resolution. A number of Hegseth's critics in the Republican Party, including another outgoing rep Don Bacon, said that while he has his issues with how Hegseth has conducted himself as Secretary of War, he had more issues with how Massey introduced the impeachment resolution and was essentially carrying this entire effort. So the top line is that Hegseth lives to fight another day. We should note that this is a very weird house procedural thing that happened. So they didn't vote against impeaching Pete Hegseth. They voted in favor of referring the impeachment resolution to a committee, which in the House of Representatives means that they've referred it to a committee to die. It didn't even get to an impeachment vote. Republicans and a couple of Democrats just said, we're not even doing this, put it on a shelf. Now Thomas Massey, though, has described his impeachment effort as like a gentler alternative to what he believes Democrats are going to pursue once they take control. What can we expect from Democrats if they're the ones spearheading this in a couple of months? I mean, look, you have to give it to Thomas Massey. He's probably not wrong about that. Now, whether or not that means that he was justified and say, hey, Pete, just resigned over my impeachment inquiry instead of facing the Democrats, that's a little bit more mobland than I think even the House of Representatives is used to operating. But the Kim Jeffery is the House Minority Leader presumptive speaker of the House in the 120th Congress came right out after the vote last night and said, when Democrats take control of the House of Representatives, we are going to run Pete Hegseth out of town. That is a direct quote. And again, with Hegseth, like with Massey, it's likely going to continue to revolve around things like his conduct in Venezuela and the war in Iran. With Democrats, we can probably assume that they'll also try to find faults with how Hegseth has taken DEI and woke policies out of the military, right? Massey was trying to tailor his very specifically to how Pete Hegseth has carried out war on behalf of the president. With Democrats, we can imagine that it'll be that and the whole kitchen sink of other things thrown in. Yeah, I think you're right. We're going to hear the word impeach a lot come next year. Republicans have now chosen Jim Jordan to lead them in the next Congress. That was over the current House Majority Leader, Steve Scalise. What does that choice say about how they plan to take on Democrats and does this signal a move, you know, toward or away from President Trump? Yeah, it's a great question, John. I'll say what I think it means more than anything, which is that House Republicans after Tuesday wanted a change, right? After a big defeat like that, you're going to want to see some sort of shake up. And Steve Scalise, though he is very respected by his colleagues, by his constituents, by the president, he has been in Congress for a long time. Jim Jordan represents an interesting kind of middle way because he's never had one of these elected leadership positions, minority leader, majority leader, whip, caucus chair. He has, of course, chaired committees and emerges a very influential Republican voice in the House of Representatives and a close ally of President Trump and someone who is willing to go on the attack against Democrats. So I do think that this signals that Republicans are getting into a fighting stance for divided government, which is not surprising to anyone who's been paying attention. And I will say for Jim Jordan that though he is again, he's the oversight guy, he's the attack guy, he will fight Democrats if Democrats want to fight, but he's also a legislator and a compromiser and someone who knows how the House of Representatives work. But in the likely event that they don't do that, which is all but guaranteed because he came Jeffries on down has said, we're not working with Republicans, we're not working with President Trump. Jordan can then adjust as easily step into that attack dog rule. Now, Republicans still have control for just a few more weeks. Is there anything they can get done at this point? No, and I don't think they're going to. I think the fact that the House Republicans already moved to elect leadership for the next Congress signals that they're already forward looking. I think that the last act of the Republican majority in the 119th Congress is going to be the twin flame. Again, both of which happened yesterday of blocking the Hague Seth impeachment and locking in their leadership for the next Congress. I think after this we should expect to see a lot of folks going back to their districts, you know, the servant's food on Thanksgiving, getting ready for the holidays. Maybe a few extended recesses here and there. Yeah, maybe licking some wounds after this brutal election here. Tim, thank you so much for coming up. Of course, guys. Every year around the holidays, we spend so much time trying to figure out the perfect gifts for the people that we love. And that's a wonderful thing. But it also got me thinking about the things that we do for our families that don't come wrapped under the tree, making sure that they're taking care of, planning for their future, giving them a little more peace of mind. That's what life insurance is about. 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Now, she's proposing to freeze residential electricity rates at their current levels. Now, the energy sector is really important here in Texas. There's been a lot of concerns about what the energy grid can handle after a 2021 freeze left millions of consumers without power. So can you actually freeze prices or is someone else going to pay them and will the prices show up somewhere else? So what this could look like, according to energy experts, is that the prices would be raised on these larger corporate So this would mean like data centers would have to pay more. In Ena Hosa's words, they would be paying their fair share. Now, this could result in energy shortages. A supplier would be prevented from adjusting their prices. And it would disincentivize investors from beefing up the energy grid when the state is in dire need, like they were in that 2021 freeze. We could also expect some legal challenges to this because Ena Hosa is doing this by emergency authority and she's not using the public utility commission of Texas which is normally what regulates the energy grid. Now, you've got to report out on daily wire now on proposals to limit cooperation with ICE in Texas, another Democrat priority it seems. What would change in how do they compare with restrictions we've seen in other states? Blue cities across Texas are rushing to enact policies that would prevent local police from communicating with ICE. Governor Abbott had forced these cities to not enact these sanctuary policies by threatening to withhold millions of dollars in public safety grants. He said they would need to communicate with ICE in order to receive that funding. Three days after Republicans lost in the midterm election, they lost every statewide elected executive office. The Houston Mayor, John Whitmeyer, signed an order that prevented local police, Houston police, from contacting ICE when encountering non-violent illegal immigrants. Similar policies are now being drafted in Austin and San Antonio, and we know other states have enacted sanctuary policies. We know what happens when they do that. Now, there's also a new proposal that could affect school choice for many thousands of kids in Texas. This is being spearheaded by several people, including the new governor-elect, who would be affected by some of these changes to schooling? Right, so a Democratic Senator in the state has already introduced a bill to end school choice for roughly 100,000 kids in Texas. What this would mean is it would eliminate state funding for families looking to put their children in private schools or homeschooling their kids. So it wouldn't necessarily prevent them from choosing to go to a private school or homeschooling, but it would make it harder for those who can't afford it without these state funds. And like you mentioned, Ena Hossal also looks to be leaning in this direction to when it comes to the state voucher program. Now, you're on the ground there, obviously, as a Texan. What's since are you getting from your fellow Texans about these policies? Which proposals do you think have a realistic chance of becoming law, too? Yeah, so I was out at the polls on election day, and what I heard from a lot of Republicans was that they were really choosing between what they felt was the lesser of two evils in a lot of these elections. But that overall, they were really looking for change. So their vote in their view wasn't really an endorsement of every policy that has been proposed by a candidate. We're starting to learn more about these policies. You know, these were campaign promises, so it's not a surprise that they're now coming about as policy proposals, but now we're starting to understand the details of what they're trying to put in place here in Texas. I mean, while the GOP does have somewhat of a firewall with the Senate, but they still control it. Right, exactly. All right, well, Jenny, thanks so much for reporting, and we're going to have you on a lot to be talking about Texas. I'll be ready. I went on Fabletics the other day just looking for a jacket. Just a jacket that was the plan, and somehow I ended up looking at matching sets, sweatpants, denim, and about six different things that I suddenly decided that I needed for the fall. Because their new stuff is so good. They've got these beautiful seasonal colors like oxblood and washed maquillero that make your everyday workout clothes feel a little more dressed up. And I love that they're not just making gym clothes anymore. 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The move comes weeks after SkyDance closed its acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery. Daily Wire Culture reporter Megan Basham joins us now with the details. So Megan, before we get to the new head of DC and the direction he's likely to take the studio, let's start with the old ones. There's Gunn and Safren. They're shown the door kind of in a shock too much of the industry. What happened there? It was really kind of a shock to a lot of people. And last Friday, SkyDance CEO David Ellison met with Gunn and Safren on the Warner Brothers Lot to tell them that they were out. But insiders say that this decision has actually been in the work since early fall. And that Ellison had been quietly meeting with Jeremy Lachem about taking over for Warner Brothers, even before that merger closed. Though, of course, unbeknownst to Gunn and Safren. And there were a few reasons for that. So one was that Gunn and Safren were reportedly too slow about getting out details and footage about the upcoming slate of films. But then a little more seriously, we're the box office results, which were overall disappointing. So Gunn's Superman, it did okay. But there was a lot of question about whether once the studio totaled up all the various expensive for production and marketing, whether it was even profitable. But that was not a question with Supergirl, which was just an unmitigated flop. Did terrible. Yeah. So, and then even Clayface, which is a horror superhero kind of mash up, and Gunn was out touting its success. But there was even some question whether it did that well. And there were reports that Ellison was not really impressed with the return on investment there. So really just kind of a string of disappointing results. Now, how are Gunn and Safren responding? So, they're not exactly leaving in a huff, but they're also not doing entirely the amicable PR thing either. 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And I would say that the projects that Lachem took on after he left Marvel also reflect that he went on to serve as a senior advisor to wonder project, which is the faith and values banner behind Amazon's house of David. He also worked on the bread winner, which was the comedy with fellow Christian Nate Bargazzi. So you know, certainly I think David Ellison is living up to that promise that he was going to shake up the movie business. It's going to be very interesting to see how DC Studios performs under his leadership. Thanks so much for reporting Megan. Yeah, my pleasure, John. Confession is out today in theaters 7 p.m. across the country. Grab your tickets at dailywire.com. And before we go, we wanted to take a moment to thank all of our veterans who've served. So the rest of us can live free. We're all forever indebted to you. Thank you so much for your service. Thanks for waking up with us to enjoy our show, add free and join our mission. Become a member at dailywire.com. 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