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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

And welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punch Bowl News.

It's Friday, February 19th, 2021. Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, we take a look at the week of politicians'

self-inflicted wounds. Number two, we've got the latest on Senator Ted Cruz and how his Cancun

trip is playing out.

And number three, the top takeaways from the Robin Hood hearing.

All right, Jake, this morning's Punchful News a.m. is leading with the number of self-inflicted wounds.

And even for the number of kind of crazy stories and kind of issues that members of Congress

and politicians have, it's been a crazy week.

Yeah, can we call them Cancruz?

Is that okay?

Are we allowed to call them?

Are we allowed to call them Cancruz?

You know, it's amazing how these people who have won elections in big states, complex states with complex dynamics, make such stupid decisions on a somewhat regular basis.

I mean, Andrew Cuomo called up a state legislator and yelled at him.

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