POLL: How Do You Think Yvette Clarke Fared on Colbert?

Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, D-Ditmas Park, has been the butt of many jokes after confusing some very important points in American history during her interview on "The Colbert Report" earlier this week. But was it just a comedic fumble? 

During the interview, Colbert asked Clarke what she would tell Brooklynites if she could go back to 1898, and Clarke responded: "I would say to them, 'Set me free.'"

When asked what she would want to be freed from, Clarke said: "Slavery."

Though slavery was legally abolished in New York in 1827, Clarke said she was "pretty sure there was" slavery at that time, adding that the Dutch were keeping slaves. 

A spokesperson for Clarke said that this was a case of a joke gone wrong, telling Capital New York, "She does know the actual timeline of that period and when slavery was abolished. It's supposed to be a ha-ha moment. Some people understood, some people didn't. Everyone has their own interpretation about her performance on the show."

So, what do you think? Was this a big joke that no one was in on, or does the Congresswoman need to brush up on her history? Vote in our poll below.