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Good afternoon, I’m Lucia and this is your daily news.
Story #1:
Donald Trump continues to tease the public about the next election.
November 3rd Donald Trump said that he would quote “very very very probably do it again” when talking about running for Presidency 2024.
Trump flew out to Sioux Gateway Airport Thursday night with under a week left for the midterm election. Here he was met with people welcoming him by chanting his name. For more than 70 minutes the former President spoke on topics, from farming, to election fraud, to the so-called “wall” and a lot more.
Trump said, “I ran twice. I won twice,” claiming that he won the last election going against all prove of fraud. Continuedly, he claims that the election was stolen and promoted same-day voting by paper ballots to combat alleged voter fraud. He wrapped up the speech by connecting the midterm election results to larger victories in 2024.
Sioux City is very close to Morningside University meaning several students showed up to hear his speech. One of the Morningside students who went was Paula Geiser and she describes the speech as “The speech served mostly to blame other parties and neglected to focus on political goals. The whole speech and event reminded me more of a commercial or reality show by what he was talking about”
Iowa Republicans hope Trump’s visit will fire up the party’s base and drive turnout in critical midterm elections.
Story #2:
Next up we’re moving across the Atlantic Sea, where the Danish national soccer team’s warm-up jersey has been banned. FIFA banned Denmark’s shirts that has written across the stomach “Human Rights for All.”
FIFA regulations for the tournament state that it is quote “prohibited to display political, religious or personal messages as well as slogans of any kind in any language”
Despite this rule the Danish Football Association (DBU) chose to have this shirt made due to all the criticism towards Qatar’s human rights positioning right now. The shirt is a silent peace protest. The banning is not going to stop the Danes though. The Danish captain, Simon Kjær, is set (alongside other countries) to wear the OneLove armband to raise awareness of LGBTQ+ discrimination in Qatar.
All of this is especially important to the soccer players of Morningside University including the Dane, Lea Okkels, who says “I think that Denmark should be allowed to wear these practice shirts. Denmark is just trying to tell a simple message about universal human rights, and they are using their platform for better.”
The world is shocked over FIFA’s choice of banning these jerseys.
Story #3:
Speaking of shocking, a new booster shot for covid to target the latest version of the Omicron variant is now available.
This new shot is more advanced. It targets two versions; the original strain, and the Omicron subvariants.
It might not be as easy getting the vaccine as it should be since many mass-vaccination clinics has closed. Luckily, it is available at pharmacies and community health centers.
Morningside University has given out free booster shots for its students. Student, Ellie Barber, says, “I think it is a very important thing to offer it to everyone and remind the younger generation to take the booster.”
It is recommended by doctors that you should wait 4-6 months after last shot or infection.
My name is Lucia and that was all of the daily news.
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