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No drama: Dems want Jeffries as speaker

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🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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House Democrats are lining up behind Hakeem Jeffries as the next speaker if Democrats win the majority in November. Anna and Jake discuss.  Plus, how President Donald Trump got his retribution Tuesday night in Indiana against the state senators who defied his redistricting demands last year. Watch this episode on YouTube here! Punchbowl News is on YouTube⁠. ⁠⁠⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our channel today to see all the new ways⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠we’re investing in video.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter at ⁠⁠punchbowl.news.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Presented by AI Progress. Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer. And I'm Jake Sherman. And welcome to The Daily Punch,

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brought to you by Punchable News. It's Wednesday, May 6th, 2026. Let's get into the mix. Here are your

0:34.3

Washington headlines of the day. Number one, if Dems win the House,

0:38.4

Jeffreys is on track to be the next speaker. Number two, Trump gets his Indiana revenge and number

0:42.8

three, the latest moves on Iran. All right, Jake, let's get into it. We have a look this morning

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by our very own Max Cohen after talking to dozens of Democrats who they find themselves in a very

0:53.3

different position than Republicans who have

0:56.6

ousted speakers who've had contested gavels, but progressives are now lining up behind

1:03.4

Hakeem Jeffries as the next speaker. If House Democrats win the majority in November, despite

1:08.1

the anti-establishment fervor sweeping over the party base.

1:12.1

This might be different, Anna, than, it might feel different from Republicans who basically

1:16.6

get into holy war anytime they take power about who is going to take over the role as the

1:23.1

top House Republican. I mean, we don't have to go through all of them, but Bainer, McCarthy, Johnson,

1:30.0

it seems at many times that every House Republican is against their leader. In the House Democratic

1:35.5

caucus, the far left wing of the Democratic caucus is lining up behind Jeffries. And Max talked to a lot of

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people, you know, leading House progressives across the board who are all saying, yeah, we're for Jeffries. And Max talked to a lot of people, you know, leading House progressives across the

1:46.0

board who are all saying, yeah, we're for Jeffries, which is a good sign for Jeffries.

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I've had people say to me, if Democrats win the majority, Jeffries is going to win unanimously.

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