The Ben Shapiro Show - July 27, 2026


The Democratic Civil War Is Getting Ugly


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7 minutes

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180.26

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1,388

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00:00:00.000 There is trouble brewing over at the Democratic National Committee.
00:00:02.000 It is very, very not good for them.
00:00:04.000 After a botched report on the 2024 election, as per usual, the Democrats learned nothing.
00:00:08.000 The Democrats are now also apparently super broke and throwing phones at each other or something over at the DNC offices.
00:00:13.000 Meanwhile, the insurgent DSA is taking advantage of the Democratic disarray to gain ground and basically seek America's overthrow.
00:00:20.000 Not even exaggerating here.
00:00:21.000 So, is there a true Democratic civil war?
00:00:24.000 Let's get into it.
00:00:25.000 Unbelievable article at the New York Times talking about the failure of the Democratic Party.
00:00:28.000 Quote The Democratic Party is so short on cash that leaders at its headquarters have undertaken a new gambit.
00:00:34.000 To mask the severity of the problems, asking vendors not to send bills until after the midterm elections.
00:00:39.000 The bookkeeping maneuver, which was described by three people briefed on it, is the latest sign of financial duress for the DNC and its embattled leader, as money troubles threaten to undercut Democratic momentum with 100 days until the midterms.
00:00:52.000 Apparently, Ken Martin, who's the head of the DNC, threw his phone at the desk of a junior aide while upbraiding the person.
00:00:59.000 The fallout from the phone throwing episode was described by half a dozen people familiar with the incident.
00:01:05.000 The Democratic Party and its allies are far behind the Republicans when it comes to money because Trump controls a $400 million super PAC and the RNC has $130 million and the DNC is $2 million in debt.
00:01:15.000 That's not because Democrats don't have money.
00:01:17.000 It's because people who are giving money to the Democratic Party are not giving it to the Democratic Party.
00:01:21.000 They're giving it direct to candidate funds.
00:01:23.000 They're giving it to super PACs.
00:01:24.000 They're directing it away from the traditional Democratic Party.
00:01:28.000 And so the people who consider themselves part of the mainstream are in retreat.
00:01:33.000 Pete Buttigieg, who is silently running a sort of bizarro world.
00:01:37.000 Presidential campaign.
00:01:39.000 It's quixotic.
00:01:40.000 He's got a very solid crowd of uptight white ladies who support Pete Buttigieg.
00:01:47.000 Pete Buttigieg, he says that the moderates have to defend themselves.
00:01:51.000 They can't attack the DSA.
00:01:52.000 Well, good luck, dude.
00:01:55.000 I think those of us who are more moderate in the party should concentrate our efforts on talking about what we're for.
00:02:04.000 Rahm Emanuel, who's trying to run again a quixotic presidential campaign, he's not going to win a single primary.
00:02:09.000 He has a piece in the Wall Street Journal.
00:02:12.000 Correctly pointing out that the Bernie Bros are a problem for the Democrats.
00:02:16.000 He says, Today, the Bernie Bros and their fellow travelers in the Democratic Socialists of America seem intent on repudiating the proven success of our strategy.
00:02:25.000 When the DSA attempts to turn safe Democratic states and districts a darker shade of blue, Democratic candidates in swing districts are put at a distinct disadvantage.
00:02:32.000 But in the name of authenticity, the DSA and others are saddling the Democratic Party with nominees whose wildly unpopular positions will protect Republicans from having to pay the price of Donald Trump's corruption and economic.
00:02:43.000 Incompetence.
00:02:44.000 So he says basically the DSA is going to lead us to lose, and Bernie Sanders went right after Rahm Emanuel in response.
00:02:51.000 Look, this is an argument.
00:02:54.000 There's no debate.
00:02:56.000 There is a strong division within the Democratic Party.
00:02:59.000 You have an establishment like Rahm Emanuel, who are dependent on billionaire campaign contributors who want to maintain the status quo.
00:03:09.000 Then you have a progressive movement, which, by the way, what is getting these guys nervous is we are winning all over this country.
00:03:15.000 It's not only Momdani in New York City.
00:03:17.000 It's in New Jersey, it's in Ohio, it's in Colorado.
00:03:20.000 People are sick and tired of the Rahm Emanuels and the Democratic establishment and the Republican establishment.
00:03:27.000 They are asking simple questions, Margaret.
00:03:31.000 Again, it's going to be interesting to see if the Democrats can fend off the radicals.
00:03:35.000 There is sort of a proxy battle that's going on in Michigan.
00:03:38.000 Haley Stevens, who's a more traditional, she's very left wing, by the way.
00:03:42.000 She sits in Congress, she's a very left wing congresswoman, but not left wing enough for the DSA because she's not wildly, wildly anti Israel.
00:03:48.000 She's only kind of anti Israel.
00:03:50.000 So, Governor Gretchen Whitmer over in Michigan has now endorsed Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary because Democrats, I think, rightly understand that if Abdul El Sayed, the terror supporting candidate, were to win the nomination, they quite possibly could lose that Michigan Senate seat.
00:04:04.000 So, here's Whitmer.
00:04:07.000 As governor, I've had one strategy get things done.
00:04:10.000 And that strategy informs everything that I do.
00:04:13.000 And that's why I'm endorsing Haley Stevens for the U.S. Senate.
00:04:16.000 Just like me, Haley will do whatever it takes to get things done for the people of Michigan.
00:04:24.000 By the way, the DNC also voted over the weekend to make Michigan a new primary state.
00:04:29.000 Before, I believe that Michigan had been a caucus state.
00:04:31.000 Anyway, Haley Stevens, who is something out of a caricature, Haley Stevens.
00:04:35.000 I mean, she's hilarious to watch because she feels like she's going to sell you a newspaper while wearing a cheese cutter cap in 1932.
00:04:44.000 So she's just, no matter what you think of Haley Stevens, she's an amusing figure.
00:04:44.000 Haley Stevens.
00:04:48.000 I hope she lasts on the scene mainly so that we can work on our Michigander accent.
00:04:52.000 But here is Haley Stevens.
00:04:54.000 Talking about how the jokes only make her fight harder.
00:04:59.000 Some of you have seen, you know, there's those cool kids on the internet.
00:05:05.000 They're doing the cool kid chatter.
00:05:09.000 Some of them might be the coastal elites making fun of how I talk.
00:05:18.000 Not okay.
00:05:18.000 Not okay.
00:05:20.000 Says my governor.
00:05:23.000 But let's be real.
00:05:26.000 They're making fun of Michigan.
00:05:29.000 They're thinking they're better than us.
00:05:33.000 And what they don't know is I am your voice.
00:05:38.000 And their jokes and their criticism only make me fight harder.
00:05:45.000 Okay, she's funny.
00:05:46.000 Okay, I have to admit that she is a funny part.
00:05:48.000 It'll be interesting to see what happens in that primary.
00:05:51.000 Meanwhile, of course, Abdul Al Sayed, who's running against her, the terrorist supporter, he is pushing Chris Von Holland for Senate Majority Leader and praising Elizabeth Warren.
00:06:01.000 And if I have anything to do about it, the next Senate Majority Leader, Chris Van Hollen.
00:06:11.000 And the intellectual spark plug of the U.S. Senate, Elizabeth Warren.
00:06:17.000 So here is the thing some Democrats may be under the impression that Haley Stevens is going to wildly outperform Abdul El Sayed in Michigan.
00:06:26.000 She probably will outperform El Sayed.
00:06:27.000 It is a risky move for Abdul El Sayed to be the nominee in Michigan, considering that his background is filled.
00:06:32.000 Not only with fibs and lies, but also with actual terror support.
00:06:37.000 Again, this is a person who was caught on tape saying that he would not say anything about the death of Ayatollah Khamenei because it would tick off too many of his supporters in Dearborn, Michigan, which is insane.
00:06:47.000 At the same time, is Haley Stevens some sort of like great candidate?
00:06:50.000 I see no evidence of this.
00:06:51.000 Now, the polls are showing Stevens with a bit of a lead.
00:06:55.000 Right now, if you look at those calci odds, the calci market seemed to be favoring Abdul Al Sayed by a factor of about two to one, despite the fact that the polls are favoring Haley Stevens.
00:07:03.000 It'll be fascinating to see how all of that plays out.
00:07:07.000 And again, if Democrats do choose Abdul El Sayed and their Senate cycle this time around was like Graham Platner and whoever follows Graham Platner and Abdul El Sayed in Michigan and a candidate in New Jersey who literally was a spokesperson for an Al Qaeda member, that seems like a vulnerability for Democrats going into 2026.
00:07:26.000 Again, we'll see if the Democratic Party can reject this, at least in the form that's presented in Michigan.
00:07:31.000 They certainly have not in New York.
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