MSNBC's Katy Tur and Politico's Jake Sherman are locked in a secret on-air Phish lyric battle

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published 13 July 2017

This has all been wonderful but now MSNBC's Katy Tur and Politico's Jake Sherman are in an epic, secret Phish lyric war on TV, JamBase reports.

The game of wits apparently began in March, when Tur introduced Sherman as "My Friend, My Friend." Sherman quickly shot back a reference to another Phish track: "It's kind of dizzying. I'm having a tough time," he said. "I'm Bouncing Around the Room a little bit."

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"I don't understand how [Republicans] are going to get this done over three weeks, they're going to have to completely scrap this bill, start all over again, put a new bill on the floor, and then get House Republicans and House Democrats, who have completely different incentive structures, to get this through," Sherman said. "I simply don't see it. It seems like they're trapped in time and don’t know what to do when it comes to this legislation."

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.

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