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The Daily Punch

Fly Out Day: CBC Chair Clarke on Black power in Washington

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

News, Politics, Government

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette Clarke joins Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer to discuss Republican-led redistricting efforts, why Black Democrats say representation is under threat, New York City politics, Zohran Mamdani and much more. Then stick around as Once Upon A Hill Founder Michael Jones and our own John Bresnahan break down the conversation and what it all means moving forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Fly Out Day, her brand new show here at Punchful News.

0:04.0

You love the Daily Punch.

0:05.3

Join us every Thursday for even more fresh insight from lawmakers and reporters as Washington heads out of town.

0:11.6

Subscribe to Fly Out Day wherever you get your podcasts.

0:15.5

We cannot have one-party rule in a two-party system and call ourselves Democratic.

0:22.6

At the end of the week, Washington empties out fast. Lawmakers, staffers, they're all heading home.

0:32.1

But not before they stop here.

0:49.1

Hello and welcome back to the Punchable News Townhouse for another episode of Flyer Day.

0:50.0

I'm Anna Palmer.

0:51.0

And I'm Jake Sherman.

0:53.9

Lots of headaches this week, Jake, for both parties.

0:58.6

We've got the ballroom woes for Republicans, mass-obloated Democrats on redistricting,

1:06.3

Trump's push on the gas tax suspension, and a frenzy of appropriations hearings with all kinds of leaders from the Trump administration.

1:20.5

Yeah, most consequential, I think, for the face of Congress and what we're going to spend a lot of time talking about today's redistricting and specifically the decision at the Supreme Court that basically gutted the Voting Rights Act, which we discussed in the show before. But also in Virginia, we had the court, the Supreme Court in Virginia overturned Democrats' efforts to create a massively

1:29.8

Democratic map, which put a huge crimp, I would say, in Democrats' plans to run through this

1:37.8

election and really try to match one for one or more than one for one, the Republican redistricting

1:42.9

effort.

1:43.8

Our guest today is going to have a lot to say about all of that.

1:46.6

We have congressional black caucus chair, Representative, Evette Clark in the townhouse today.

1:51.4

What are we going to hear?

1:52.6

Well, the CBC is the most powerful block in Congress of lawmakers.

1:58.8

And the hardest hit.

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