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Good morning.

I'm Anna Palmer.

And I'm Jake Sherman.

And welcome to the Daily Punch.

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It's Friday, May 7, 2021.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day.

Number one, not everyone is happy that Elise Stefanik appears to have locked up the race to replace Liz Cheney.

Number two, what the White House is watching on this job's day. And number three,

the legal drama between Eric Swalwell and Mo Brooks. All right, Jake, let's get into the number

one story of the day. We've been covering it all week. Alis DeFonik, the New York Republican,

appears to have it locked up the race to replace Liz Cheney,

who still, of course, hasn't actually been ousted, but that's all but sure to happen next week.

But not everybody is happy.

Yeah, well, let me just say one thing first.

So, you know, yes, we've written that she has all but locked this up, but, you know,

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