Democratic Primaries

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21. Wow.. Booker can't address Team

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 11:10 PM

Jul 2019

Biden's response with his record so he whines.. ".. attack.. ridiculous.." and his attacks on Biden are substantive?!

Gaslight much, Cory?

Link to tweet

Not only are they Not "substantive".. they're ugly and mean-spirited.

Mr "peace and love" guy..

Cory Booker is sworn in as a U.S. senator in 2013 by then-Vice President Joe Biden. (John Munson |The Star-Ledger)

For Cory Booker, it’s no more Mr. Nice Guy

WASHINGTON — For Cory Booker, peace and love has given way to confrontation and criticism.

Booker, trailing in opinion polls and fundraising, has taken aim at former Vice President Joe Biden, the early frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination.

For almost a month now, he has leveled attacks on Biden that are getting more personal — ignoring the rest of the Democratic field as well as his own campaign mantra of emphasizing a positive vision for America

But in being aggressive, Booker runs the risk of losing the brand that made him a contender in the first place. His new stance isn’t sitting well with some fellow Jersey Democrats.

“If I was asked to give advice, I would say, ‘Cory, I love you. Stay away from doing this,’” said Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-9th Dist. “'You have enough good qualities. You may get a few more headlines if you do it that way. It’s not worth it. It cheapens your own campaign, period.”

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-12th Dist., said she worried that confrontations between Democrats now will provide ammunition to President Donald Trump later.

https://www.nj.com/politics/2019/07/for-cory-booker-its-no-more-mr-nice-guy.html

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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So Cory Booker says it's ok for him to attack Biden, but not ok for Biden to attack him. [View all] redstateblues Jul 2019 OP

Rev Al on MNSBC just warned about doing trump's work for him EveHammond13 Jul 2019 #1

Oh Really??? Better late than never I guess. Booker is getting dragged... Kahuna7 Jul 2019 #3

Lol Skya Rhen Jul 2019 #5

First one.. ! Cha Jul 2019 #12

That was good. Princetonian Jul 2019 #17

I'm no longer a fan of Booker, but some of those comments are disgusting, especially toward the end. Tarheel_Dem Jul 2019 #22

Good to know! Thanks, Eve! Cha Jul 2019 #11

I listened to this segment on Sirus Gothmog Jul 2019 #25

I was really impressed by his talk during the 2016 convention question everything Jul 2019 #2

still green around the edges. He's gotta get some years of national experience behind him. Not yet onetexan Jul 2019 #7

Do you have a link to the quote where he says that? Voltaire2 Jul 2019 #4

One could certainly infer this by this clip OKNancy Jul 2019 #6

So no, there is no quote from Booker Voltaire2 Jul 2019 #9

Here's an article from The Hill showing Booker's hypocrisy: highplainsdem Jul 2019 #13

Thanks again for confirming Voltaire2 Jul 2019 #15

Booker didn't use the words the OP attributes to him, but he meant something similar. highplainsdem Jul 2019 #16

Wow.. Booker can't address Team Cha Jul 2019 #21

Splitting hairs. His intention is pretty obvious redstateblues Jul 2019 #18

Thanks again for confirming that the op Voltaire2 Jul 2019 #28

Cory is turning himself into a punchline. ucrdem Jul 2019 #8

Yes, his own Cha Jul 2019 #23

Gotta agree. cwydro Jul 2019 #27

Thank you, cwydro.. Cha Jul 2019 #31

Than Cory don't throw attacks in the first place. FloridaBlues Jul 2019 #10

Oh, but Booker claims his attacks are "substantive conversations" about Biden's record, highplainsdem Jul 2019 #14

Oh please. It's pretty obvious what Booker's strategy is. redstateblues Jul 2019 #20

Good luck with that Gothmog Jul 2019 #19

Yeah, Cory can say anything Cha Jul 2019 #24

Really, Sen. Booker? ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2019 #26

I love Joe, but The Mouth Jul 2019 #29

From Deadline White House Gothmog Jul 2019 #30