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Better get on it, Kamala! Cory got the announcement out before you!
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) indicated in a new interview he is weighing a run for the White House in 2020, saying it would be "irresponsible" not to entertain the idea.
"Of course the presidency will be something I consider. It would be irresponsible not to," Booker said in a profile published Wednesday in New York Magazine.
Booker, who has long been considered one of the most likely Democrats to launch a presidential campaign, told the publication that his colleague and fellow potential presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) encouraged him to remain focused on positivity, as he has done in the past.
"She said to me, 'If you want to talk about love and kindness and decency, talk about those things, because it's where you are,'" Booker said. "I feel like if I start poll-testing or shaping myself, where we start operating out of fear, I think that's going to dim my light and my impact."
Booker, Gillibrand and Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are seen as among the most likely lawmakers to wade into the 2020 race. All have been staunch opponents of President Trump's agenda.
Booker garnered the spotlight during Senate Judiciary Committee hearings earlier this month for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The New Jersey senator declared he was having a "Spartacus moment" when he said he intended to release documents that were deemed confidential.
Booker said he did so under threat from Senate Republicans, adding that he was breaking Senate rules by releasing the documents.
Conservatives were quick to mock the display, in part because a lawyer representing the George W. Bush administration, for which Kavanaugh worked, had already released the documents in question.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate...e-not-to-consider-running-for-president?amp=1
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Booker: It would be ‘irresponsible’ not to consider running for president
September 19, 2018
September 19, 2018
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) indicated in a new interview he is weighing a run for the White House in 2020, saying it would be "irresponsible" not to entertain the idea.
"Of course the presidency will be something I consider. It would be irresponsible not to," Booker said in a profile published Wednesday in New York Magazine.
Booker, who has long been considered one of the most likely Democrats to launch a presidential campaign, told the publication that his colleague and fellow potential presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) encouraged him to remain focused on positivity, as he has done in the past.
"She said to me, 'If you want to talk about love and kindness and decency, talk about those things, because it's where you are,'" Booker said. "I feel like if I start poll-testing or shaping myself, where we start operating out of fear, I think that's going to dim my light and my impact."
Booker, Gillibrand and Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are seen as among the most likely lawmakers to wade into the 2020 race. All have been staunch opponents of President Trump's agenda.
Booker garnered the spotlight during Senate Judiciary Committee hearings earlier this month for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The New Jersey senator declared he was having a "Spartacus moment" when he said he intended to release documents that were deemed confidential.
Booker said he did so under threat from Senate Republicans, adding that he was breaking Senate rules by releasing the documents.
Conservatives were quick to mock the display, in part because a lawyer representing the George W. Bush administration, for which Kavanaugh worked, had already released the documents in question.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate...e-not-to-consider-running-for-president?amp=1
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