Dem whip count meetings ‘get a little bit liquid’

There are only three attendees: Clyburn and Reps. John Larson (Conn.) and Xavier Becerra (Calif.), the chairman and vice chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, respectively.

{mosads}At a recent press conference with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Clyburn said the vote-counting trio spends “a lot of time together almost every evening.”

“And where would that be?” asked Pelosi, raising an eyebrow.

“Well, we work on the whip count … it gets a little bit liquid sometimes, but we work on it,” Clyburn said, chuckling.

A spokeswoman for Clyburn declined to comment on what liquids the lawmaker likes to sip, but just to be on the safe side, staffers should probably double-check the whip counts.