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The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Rep. Jim Clyburn

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS

News, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, News Commentary, Tv & Film

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Legendary Democratic Representative Jim Clyburn of South Carolina shares personal recollections about his close friend Rep. John Lewis, including stories about the first and last times they were together in the presence of Martin Luther King, Jr. Rep. Clyburn’s book, “The First Eight,” is out now. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's the Late Show Potshow with Steven Colbert.

0:05.0

Hey everybody!

0:10.0

Welcome back.

0:12.0

Ladies and gentlemen, my next guest has represented South Carolina's

0:16.0

sixth congressional district for over 30 years.

0:19.0

Please welcome to Late Show. Congressman Jim Clyburn. Hey, Congressman, thanks so much for being here. Thank you very much for having me. I haven't been down to South Carolina since August. How is Palmetto State doing? It's doing great, but you're not coming back a little more often. I know, I agree. That's what my wife says, too. It was a great spot to stand upon that. People who don't know. I pointed out to you is that I do the monolith every night on a little map of South Carolina over there. Great foundation. So I feel like I'm at home. That's great. Now, last night, I want to get to your book right here, the first eight.

0:56.2

We'll talk more about that in just one moment.

0:59.0

But last night, the Senate passed a deal.

1:01.7

And Speaker Johnson is finally calling the House back to vote on the end of the longest government shutdown.

1:09.4

After 41 days, did anyone get anything they wanted?

1:14.6

Who benefited here?

1:16.2

Well, I think everybody got some of what they wanted.

1:18.9

The other side got more of what they wanted than we of what we wanted.

1:22.9

We got some protections for SNAP, WIC.

1:27.1

These are not unimportant programs. However, when they

1:30.9

come to the Affordable Care Act, making health care, not only accessible for everybody,

1:36.8

but affordable by everybody, that we did not get. Unless- That was the stated goal.

1:44.4

Absolutely.

1:45.0

And it's still the goal.

1:46.6

If at first you don't succeed, you keep trying.

1:49.5

And I think that we are going to stay in this fight.

1:53.1

Harkin Jefferson made it very clear that this is not the end of this fight.

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