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JaneQPublic

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14. Been defending him on Twitter against certain factions
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 01:12 PM
Feb 2019

Probably a good portion of them are Russian trolls, but they are repeating some long-refuted claims about him being a "DINO Pharma supporter." I am proudly undecided, but I will defend ANY of our great Dem candidates from attacks like these.

For anyone else running into these bogus arguments, here are some good resources:

A fact-check defending his record on a health care vote:
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/jan/18/other-98/viral-image-about-democratic-senators-and-big-phar/

Booker's career Campaign Finance file on Open Secrets showing Pharma is not a big supporter.
https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00035267&cycle=CAREER&type=I

The Progressive Punch ranking of Senators by their Progressive Score (Booker is #4):
https://progressivepunch.org/scores.htm?house=senate

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