In today’s continuation of the hearings of Judge Kavansugh, to the U.S. Supmeme Court, Senator Booker (D-NJ) has what he called his “Spartacus moment”. While it was becoming more and more apparent that Kavanaugh wasn’t delivering all the documents necessary, Senator Booker wasn’t having it.
As reported by CNN:
Booker, a potential 2020 presidential candidate with an incentive to make a splash in the hearing, said he took the action as an act of civil disobedience after warning that the American people were being deprived crucial information about Kavanaugh’s past.
“I understand the penalty comes with potential ousting from the Senate. … I openly invite and accept the consequences of my team releasing that email right now,” Booker said.
“This is about the closest I’ll probably ever have in my life to an ‘I am Spartacus’ moment,” he added, after describing the Republican Party’s handling of document production for the hearing as “a bit of a sham.”
I recorded a bit of Senator Booker:
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Now, I’ve watched Cory Booker for years. As a charter school shill in Newark, taking cash from the pharmaceutical industry. He clearly wants to run for POTUS as his positions have definitely been more progressive. I check voting records every day. Booker is usually in the top 5 most progressive, that’s a reality.
We are facing an extreme right-wing SCOTUS. So for today, I’m very proud to say Senator Booker represents me in New Jersey. We can stay cynical about his pro-corporate stances — I’ll stay on him, so should you. REGARDLESS if he’s just doing what he did today, or signing his name to bills like Sanders’ Medicare For All, does it really matter how he got there? As long as he (and others) GET THERE — go left.
So, thank you, Cory Booker. You took a stand.