{"id":632940,"date":"2021-08-11T10:06:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T14:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=632940"},"modified":"2021-08-11T10:06:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T14:06:47","slug":"morning-wire-cuomo-resigns-chicago-cops-protest-mayor-record-number-of-unfilled-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morning-wire-cuomo-resigns-chicago-cops-protest-mayor-record-number-of-unfilled-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Wire: Cuomo Resigns, Chicago Cops Protest Mayor, Record Number Of Unfilled Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmorning-wire-cuomo-resigns-chicago-cops-protest-mayor-record-number-of-unfilled-jobs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=632940&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>It\u2019s Wednesday, August 11th, and this is your Morning Wire. Listen to the full podcast&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/show\/morning-wire\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><b>1) Cuomo Resigns<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><b>The Topline:<\/b><span> New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) announced his decision to resign on Tuesday after a sexual harassment scandal engulfed his administration. Cuomo\u2019s resignation announcement comes a week after a damning report from the New York attorney general\u2019s office, which found the governor sexually harassed multiple women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/1425124497271758849\">Quote Of The Day:<\/a><\/strong> <span>\u201cIn my mind, I\u2019ve never crossed the line with anyone. But I didn\u2019t realize the extent to which the line has been redrawn.\u201d \u2014 Governor Andrew Cuomo<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This will mark the end of the Democratic governor\u2019s three terms in office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cuomo Hasn\u2019t Admitted To Anything<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Cuomo remained firm, denying that he did anything wrong while insisting he is innocent of the sexual harassment accusations leveled against him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cuomo said he \u201cdeeply apologizes\u201d to the women he offended but pleaded ignorance regarding any inappropriate intent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cuomo went on to blame his behavior on \u201cgenerational and cultural shifts\u201d which he says he didn\u2019t fully appreciate.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_275870\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-275870\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-275870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1213725764-890x576.jpg\" alt=\"NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 20: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during his daily news conference amid the coronavirus outbreak on March 20, 2020 in New York City. Cuomo ordered nonessential businesses to keep 100% of their workforce at home in an effort to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.\" width=\"550\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1213725764-890x576.jpg 890w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1213725764-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1213725764-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1213725764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-275870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Bennett Raglin\/Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>His resignation will go into effect two weeks from Tuesday. <\/span><span>Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul will replace him, becoming N<\/span><span>ew York\u2019s first female governor. Hochul said she agrees with Cuomo\u2019s decision, calling it the \u201cright thing to do and in the best interest of New Yorkers.\u201d Before he resigned, Hochul said she believes Cuomo\u2019s accusers and called his behavior towards them \u201crepulsive and unlawful.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Allegations Against Cuomo<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>According to <\/span><span>New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James\u2019<\/span><span> report, <\/span><span>Cuomo <\/span><span>violated federal and state laws by sexually <\/span><span>harassing eleven women, including former New York state employees and members of the public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Among a slew of offenses, the governor is accused of kissing and groping women without consent, including their intimate body parts, <\/span><span>as well as making sexual comments.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Response<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Many are saying Cuomo is doing the right thing by stepping down, while others are calling for Cuomo to face criminal prosecution. Some have also pointed to Cuomo\u2019s other major scandal: his COVID-19 nursing home policies and his administration\u2019s cover-up of the resulting deaths of many elderly New Yorkers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>2) Chicago Cops Protest Mayor<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><b>The Topline:<\/b><span> On Saturday night, two criminals shot and killed Chicago police officer Ella French and severely wounded her partner. When Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot came to visit the surviving policeman in the hospital, dozens of officers turned their backs on her in protest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Shooting&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>On Saturday, police stopped three men for driving with expired license plates. Police say that two brothers who were on probation for theft opened fire and killed 29-year-old French. They then shot her partner,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cpdmemorial.org\/classificationclassification\/fallen-officer\/\"> <span>Carlos Yanez<\/span><\/a><span> Jr., three times, with the officer being eventually transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the president of the local Fraternal Order of Police, John Catanzara, the police officer\u2019s family explicitly<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/chicago-police-officers-turn-their-backs-on-mayor-lightfoot-after-officer-killed\/2586147\/\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> Mayor Lightfoot that her presence at the hospital was unwelcome, but she came to the hospital anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Officers say that when Lightfoot talked to Yanez\u2019s father, who is a retired police officer himself, he told her that she had blood on her hands. She then went to talk to<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/city-hall\/2021\/8\/9\/22616490\/chicago-cops-give-cold-shoulder-mayor-lori-lightfoot-hospital-ella-french\"><span>30 officers<\/span><\/a><span> who were standing nearby, and they turned their backs on her.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Chicago Alderman Ray Lopez captured a photo of that moment and posted it on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Background<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>In May, Chicago\u2019s Fraternal Order of Police cast a<\/span>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/slap-in-the-face-chicago-cops-vote-no-confidence-in-mayor-lori-lightfoot-police-chief-david-brown\"><span>unanimous<\/span><\/a><span> vote of \u201cno confidence\u201d against Lightfoot. Although Mayor Lightfoot said she opposes completely abolishing the police, last fall she proposed cutting<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/lori-lightfoot-said-chicagos-crime-is-falling-heres-what-the-numbers-say\"><span>$59 million<\/span><\/a><span> from the police budget, while allowing hundreds of empty jobs on the force to go vacant. To make up for the difference, she increased police officers\u2019 shifts to 12 hours a day and reduced their days off. She also canceled the annual St. Jude\u2019s march for fallen officers.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Officers blame Lightfoot\u2019s policies and what they characterize as anti-police rhetoric for the sharp uptick in crime that\u2019s taken place under her administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_275868\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-275868\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-275868\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1134502579-902x576.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot speaks to the press outside of the polling place at the Saint Richard Catholic Church in Chicago, Illinois on April 2, 2019. - Chicago residents went to the polls in a runoff election Tuesday to elect the US city&#039;s first black female mayor in a historic vote centered on issues of economic equality, race and gun violence. Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle, both African-American women, are competing for the top elected post in the city.\" width=\"550\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1134502579-902x576.jpg 902w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1134502579-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1134502579-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1134502579.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-275868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI\/AFP via Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The shooting of Ella French and Carlos Yanez represent just two of at least<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/news\/chicagocrime\/chicago-officer-among-the-10-killed-at-least-73-injured-in-weekend-shootings\/\"><span>73 shootings<\/span><\/a><span> that took place last weekend in Chicago alone. During the two years that Lori Lightfoot has served as mayor of Chicago, murders have<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/home.chicagopolice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/1_PDFsam_CompStat-Public-2021-Week-32.pdf\"><span>increased by 57%<\/span><\/a><span>. Shootings have increased by 65% and sexual assault has risen by 22% since last year.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Impact On Police Force And Crime<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Police are voting with their feet and 363 officers have retired from the Chicago Police Department so far this year. This amounts to more retirements than in<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/city-hall\/2021\/6\/18\/22538601\/chicago-police-department-retirements-soar-ray-lopez-john-catanzara\"><span>all of 2018<\/span><\/a><span>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Studies show that employing more police officers<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/aler\/article\/21\/1\/81\/5210860\"><span>reduces crime<\/span><\/a><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>3) Record Number Of Unfilled Jobs<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><b>The Topline: <\/b><span>This week, the Labor Department released new data showing a record breaking 10.1 million job openings in the month of June, but there aren\u2019t enough workers willing to take the jobs that are open.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The Main Reasons<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>First, many employers say that increased federal unemployment benefits have made it hard for them to find workers. The Daily Wire spoke with one restaurant manager who was offering a $1,000 signing bonus to new servers. He said many of his old employees are making more money on unemployment than they would if they came to work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Federal Reserve admitted in a report to Congress last month that \u201cenhanced unemployment benefits have allowed potential workers to be more selective and reduce the intensity of their job search.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Economists also point to continued fears over the Delta variant, as well as difficulty finding childcare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Remember:<\/b><span> Many daycares and pre-schools are still closed or running at a limited capacity.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Employer Response<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Employers responded by raising wages and exploring other more creative ideas. Service jobs that typically offer minimum wage are now starting at $15 or $20 per hour. Target is now offering to pay for 100% of an employees\u2019 college tuition. McDonalds is now including paid time off, college tuition aid, and childcare benefits.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Small businesses are responding in a similar way, as some shops and restaurants offer $500 bonuses simply for applying.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Impact On Consumers<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Experts say in the short term, it\u2019s likely that the cost of basic goods will go up, especially at smaller restaurants and local businesses. Larger chains are also dealing with labor shortages that are affecting production and disrupting the supply chain more broadly. Costs will likely go up across the board.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>States Cut COVID Benefits<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>So far, 25 states \u2014 all led by Republican governors \u2014 have stopped offering COVID benefits, which amounted to an additional $300 a week on top of existing unemployment benefits. They argue they were only needed when jobs weren\u2019t available, and that\u2019s no longer the case.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Representative Kevin Brady (R-TX), who heads the House Ways and Means Committee, told The Daily Wire, \u201cGood intentions in an emergency can have damaging consequences in recovery, and that\u2019s exactly what happened.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Many have also pointed out that, of the ten states that have seen the strongest economic recovery this year, nine are run by Republican governors who\u2019ve opted out of enhanced unemployment benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>++++<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Other Stories We\u2019re Tracking<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>September 11 Review<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>On Monday, President Biden<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/08\/09\/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-department-of-justice-filing\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> that he \u201cwelcome[s]\u201d the Justice Department\u2019s fresh review of documents relating to the September 11 attacks. The move comes after family members of 9\/11 victims put out a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/september-11-victims-families-demand-biden-to-release-classified-documents\"> <span>statement<\/span><\/a><span> last week saying that Biden was not welcome at memorial events this year unless he declassified documents, specifically those regarding the alleged involvement of Saudi Arabia in the attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_275866\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-275866\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-275866\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1161124-884x576.jpg\" alt=\"394261 14: A fiery blasts rocks the World Trade Center after being hit by two planes September 11, 2001 in New York City.\" width=\"550\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1161124-884x576.jpg 884w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1161124-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1161124-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1161124.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-275866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Spencer Platt\/Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Australia Lockdowns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Lockdowns in Australia have been extended, with some particularly strict rules being enforced. People living in the affected areas are only permitted to leave the house for approved activities, and may not travel further than 10km from home. Businesses deemed \u201cnonessential\u201d by the government must remain closed. According to ABC Australia, \u201cIf you don\u2019t live with any other adults\u201d you are permitted one nominated visitor \u2014 one person you are permitted to socialize with at your place of residence, or exercise with outdoors. They may visit you on more than one occasion, but they cannot be a nominated visitor for another person.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Texas Legislature Funding<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>The Texas Supreme Court<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/abbott-wins-texas-supreme-court-denies-dem-lawmakers-request-to-restore-pay-after-walkout\"> <span>shot down<\/span><\/a><span> a petition from Democratic lawmakers to restore funding to the state legislature this week. The decision is a win for Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott, who vetoed funding for the state legislature in June, withholding paychecks from Democratic lawmakers. The feud began when Texas Democrats left the state in order to break quorum so the Texas government could not conduct its business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Wednesday, August 11th, and this is your Morning Wire. 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