Impeachment and the 2020 election

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🗓️ 2 January 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Two major political dramas are overlapping - the impeachment of President Trump and the 2020 presidential race. How do these two historic events impact each other? How will the Senate trial affect the individual Democratic candidates as they gear up for the primaries and caucuses? And which party will leverage impeachment most effectively in order to drive voters to the polls? CNN political director David Chalian and CNN political reporter Dan Merica delve into political consequences of an impeachment amidst a primary election.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone, I'm David Chalien, the CNN Political Director.
0:08.4	This is the Daily DC Impeachment Watch.
0:11.0	In this special episode, we're exploring how impeachment and the 2020 presidential race collide.
0:17.6	To help me in that endeavor, I'm joined by my colleague, a CNN political reporter who
0:21.7	lives and breathes all things 2020. Dan Marica, thanks for joining me, sir.
0:26.2	Thanks for having me. Happy to be here. So it is mind-boggling as I think about our lives
0:31.2	in the month of January because in a presidential election year, as you know, Dan, January
0:36.2	is already an insane month with so many
0:40.2	candidates out there in Iowa and New Hampshire before the voting begins in February.
0:44.4	And it is just a pace that is insane for us.
0:49.2	And now we're going to add an impeachment trial to that.
0:53.4	So while we are in the final four weeks before the voting begins,
0:58.3	America is also going to be tuning into this impeachment trial.
1:01.9	And it matters most, perhaps, to the five candidates, I think there are five, maybe four,
1:08.9	you'll correct me if I'm wrong, who are sitting in the United States Senate.
1:12.8	They need to be jurors in this trial.
1:14.9	They'd much rather be on the campaign trail.
1:16.6	We're talking about Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Corey Booker, Michael Bennett.
1:22.3	There are five.
1:22.9	Look at that.
1:24.2	Nailed it.
1:25.0	Yeah.
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