The big democratic debate exposes the field's weaknesses. President Trump struggles with the fallout from Rudy Giuliani's incompetence and Trump here at Erdogan on Syria. I'm Ben Shapiro. This is The Ben Shapiro Show. The Ben Shapiro show is sponsored by ExpressVPN. Protect your online privacy today, like right now at

expressVPN.com slash pen. Okay, well, we got a ton to get to today. We will get to the recap of the Democratic

2020 debate and the fallout they're from. It appears that there is some roiling tension inside

that Democratic field. People are not satisfied with the field they have. Honestly, if Hillary

Clinton were to make her grand re-entrance, now would be about the time she should do it, because the fact is a lot of people are dissatisfied with Biden, a lot of people are dissatisfied with Warren and Hillary is an enormous name. If she were to jump in right now, I think there's a pretty good shot she wins the nomination. Now, is she actually going to do that? Probably not. And that means the Democratic

field is pretty extraordinarily weak. So we'll get to that in just a little bit. But we begin

today with updates on impeachment gate 2019. So according to the New York Times, President

Trump's impeachment blockade has now crumbled as witnesses agree to talk. So the White House had said to the House

that we are not providing witnesses to you, and witnesses are showing up anyway because they don't

really need the White House's permission to show up as long as they're not testifying to anything

that is privileged material. A week after President Trump's lawyer, Pat Chip-alone sent a letter to the

House Democrats saying we're not cooperating. According to the New York Times, it has become clear that President Trump's lawyer, Pat Chippalone sent a letter to the House Democrats saying,

we're not cooperating. According to the New York Times, it has become clear that President Trump's attempts to stonewall the Democrat-led inquiry that has imperiled his presidency and ensnared much of his inner circle are crumbling. One by one, a parade of Trump administration, career diplomats, and senior officials has offered a cascade of revelations. Well, that's an overstatement. We haven't really seen a lot in the way of revelations.

We've seen a lot of perceptions by members of the Trump administration

who are sort of career offices at the State Department.

That is what we have seen.

And it is not necessarily irrelevant, but it's certainly not dispositive.

This is not material where you have a bunch of people from the State Department having inside information. It's mostly those people saying, I was cut out of the process, and I'm really pissed about that, and I wish I hadn't been cut out of the process, and this shows that Trump is corrupt. Well, it could just show that President Trump doesn't trust you, doesn't trust the State Department, and runs a very, very closed ship with people that he does trust,

which, by the way, is 100% true. I mean, that is what Trump has been doing since day one,

to the chagrin of many in the media and to the chagrin of many who are sort of professional

politicos. President Trump has surrounded himself with family members, with immediate friends,

and this has not worked out well for him, see Michael Cohen

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