Spartacus declares for president a new Democratic fresh face, so fresh, so face, proposes an insane tax rate, and Republicans, pounce.

I'm Ben Shapiro. This is the Ben Shapiro show.

Well, you know Democrats are having a bad week when every headline is about how Republicans are pouncing like a bunch of cats hiding in the

shadows. We pounce. Well, there'll be a lot of pouncing on today's show because Democrats not good at what they do. Also, lots of making fun of Cory Booker coming up because come on, man, if I can't make fun of Cory Booker, what was I born to do, people? We'll get to all that in just a second first, if you want to get somebody a great Valentine's gift, and you're not going to go the flowers rude and you don't want to go the sushi at the gas station route, not going to say that's happened before. We'll just say that you should be looking at Mrs. Field. I mean, come on. For over 40 years, Mrs. Fields has made delicious treats like their signature chocolate chip cookies and melt in your mouth brownies. And this Valentine's Day, you can find their best-selling cookie cakes and other heart-themed treats that make the perfect present to surprise and delight your Valentine. Mrs. Fields, I mean, how could you not just want to buy it when I say the name? Mrs. Fields, their cookies and sweets are baked and prepared daily. They always arrive fresh and flavorful. Ordering is easy. They can ship your gift anywhere across the United States. Plus, you can now add a personal touch with a custom message or photo. Mrs. Field even offers a 100% customer satisfaction guarantee, which is pretty sweet. Also, has there anyone who has not been satisfied by Mrs. Field? Like, is there anybody who's received that gift and been like, you know what? I'm not satisfied. I'm giving it back. Anyone on earth? Probably not. This Valentine's Day, send a delicious gift. No one can resist. Right now. Get 20% off your order when you go to Mrs. Fields.com and enter promo code Shapiro. That is 20% off any gift for Valentine's Day at Mrs. Fields.com promo code Shapiro. Mrs. Fields.com promo code Shapiro. Go check it out right. I mean, that's a great gift.

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I've been eager to see the Kamala Harris versus Cory Booker versus Elizabeth Warren primary. Who will be the most

minority candidate? I mean, Elizabeth Warren, as we all know, is 1-1,024th Native American, and

Cory Booker is 1,1,024th Spartacus. As you recall, the senator from New Jersey back during the

Kavanaugh hearings, he's such a bag of tools, Cory Booker.

I mean, it's amazing that people take Cory Booker seriously because everything he does is so

over-dramatized. I like Senator Ted Cruz. I'm friendly with Senator Ted Cruz. The wrap on Senator

Cruz back in 2016 when he was, is that everything that he did

seemed like it was overthought by a couple of steps.

Well, if everything that Cruz did seemed like it was sort of manipulative or overthought during

the 2016 campaign, Cory Booker, it's like the guy writes a script in his head, and then he

says, you know what, this needs more explosions, and then he rewrites the script in his head, and then he does it live. It's like the guy writes a script in his head and then he says, you know what, this needs more explosions.

And then he rewrites the script in his head and then he does it live. It's amazing. So that's why you have situations like Cory Booker during the Kavanaugh hearing, you will recall that there is a series of documents about Brett Kavanaugh that were actually released publicly like the night before Cory Booker did this. Boker then went out and said, I am violating the rules, and I may be banned from

this Senate committee for violating the rules by releasing these documents, which were released

legally yesterday. And then he said, and these documents will show that Brett Kavanaugh is a

vicious racist, and the documents showed no such thing. But he said, if ever there was something like an I am Spartacus moment, this is my I am Spartacus moment. Which is like you're reading the stage direction, dude. Don't read the stage direction. Like if you want people to call you Spartacus, that's when you have your press guy call up a friendly outlet and say, you know what, call him Spartacus in the press. This is when you do the Donald Trump as John Miller routine. And you call up and you say, this is definitely not Cory Booker. But if it were Cory Booker, he'd be telling you to write a piece about how he's Spartacus. Instead, he just goes out fully publicly and is like, this is my I am Spartacus moment. That's Cory Booker. So Cory Booker is now running the faux sincere campaign. And if you fall for this, you are a dolt. You are a dold. I mean, I just, I got to say. So Senator Booker on Thursday began calling members of Congress and informing them he is running for president, the least surprising announcement since Rosie O'Donnell came out of the closet.

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