Cory Booker Fast Facts

Cory Booker Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Cory Booker, US senator from New Jersey and former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: April 27, 1969 Birth place: Washington, DC Birth name: Cory Anthony Booker Father: Cary Booker, IBM executive Mother: Carolyn Booker, IBM executive Education: Stanford University, B.A., 1991; Stanford University, M.A, 1992; University of Oxford, Honors Degree, 1994 (Rhodes Sc…

Lair ’28: Stop arguing about Cory Booker’s speech. We have more important problems to solve.

After U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) delivered a 25 hour-long speech to Congress in protest of President Trump's executive actions, internet users claimed the appearance lacked substance. Some people argued Booker's speech was a virtue signal that was impractical and accomplished nothing. Others defended the senator, explaining that no other Democrat has taken significant action against the current administration. The anti-Trump coalition's disa…

Why Cory Booker's 25-hour (near) jeremiad fell short

(RNS) — When he finally surrendered the floor of the U.S. Senate after 25 hours of blistering denunciations of the Trump administration, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker had done more than shatter the record for longest speech in the chamber’s history. He resuscitated America’s hope for an intervention. Some praise the senator’s daylong testimony as a heroic — even “holy” — offensive against American tyranny, pointing to Booker’s invocations of the H…

ABC’s The View Fawns Over Cory Booker in Slow-Pitch Softball Interview

ABC’s The View hosted Senator Cory Booker (D- NJ) Monday morning, following his record-breaking 25-hour yap-fest on the Senate floor the previous week. The panel had very little specific to ask Booker, though, and spent most of their time praising him to the sky, and applauding as he trotted out a few stock Democratic talking points. Whoopi Goldberg welcomed Booker with this hard hitting question, “It’s so nice to see you sitting. Did you get an…

Booker’s record-breaking speech could be the boost Democrats need

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey broke the record Tuesday for the longest speech on the Senate floor, yielding after 25 hours and 5 minutes. “Tonight, I rise with the intention of getting in some good trouble,” he said, referencing the late...

Cory Booker's Marathon Speech Lands Him in Ethical Hot Water

In Washington’s political theater, some performances deserve a standing ovation while others merit the hook that yanks failed acts off stage. The line between public... The post Cory Booker’s Marathon Speech Lands Him in Ethical Hot Water appeared first on Patriot Journal.