Fly Out Day: NY GOP Rep. Mike Lawler on defying leadership
The Daily Punch
Punchbowl News
4.3 • 708 Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is Fly Out Day, our brand new show here at Punchful News. |
| 0:03.8 | If you love The Daily Punch, join us every Thursday for even more fresh insight from lawmakers and reporters as Washington heads out of town. |
| 0:11.5 | Subscribe to Fly Out Day wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:15.5 | Yesterday you were on the house floor. |
| 0:17.7 | You saw you talking to Speaker Mike Johnson. |
| 0:20.6 | What does Johnson say in a situation like that? |
| 0:23.6 | It was, what does he call it, intense fellowship? |
| 0:28.5 | At the end of the week, Washington empties out fast. Lawmakers, staffers, they're all heading home. |
| 0:38.2 | But not before they stop here. |
| 0:50.7 | Hello and welcome back to the Punch Bull News Townhouse for another episode of Fly Out Day. |
| 0:55.0 | I'm Anna Palmer. |
| 0:55.9 | Join as always by. |
| 0:56.8 | Jake Sherman is me. |
| 0:58.1 | That's who I am. |
| 0:59.2 | That's good today. |
| 1:00.0 | Yes. |
| 1:00.5 | And every day. |
| 1:01.2 | Yes. |
| 1:01.7 | All right. |
| 1:02.3 | It is episode 15 and the final one of the year, Jake. |
| 1:05.4 | 2026 is around the corner. |
| 1:07.6 | What a year this has been five years in January. Should we make it to January? |
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