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[uponit7771]

1. Link and quite to Booker defending JKush? OP Link won't work

[Stand and Fight]

3. The link works fine. n/t

[More_Cowbell]

4. The link works for me. nt

[emulatorloo]

6. Here's a working link

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/335506-booker-too-early-to-revoke-kushners-security-clearance

Knowing Sirota and his brand of clickbait-journalism, my guess is he's got something wrong.

[HarmonyRockets]

17. Oh...

Yes guessed. Ok. Nothing to see here folks. Emulatorloo guesses that Sirota made it all up. I'm glad we got this all cleared up.

[emulatorloo]

18. Why don't you check-out Elleng's excerpt from from the article and see for yourself

Booker did not 'defend' Kushner as Sirota claimed.

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https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9132572

Elleng wrote: Says this

'Sen Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said that it's too soon to revoke White House adviser Jared Kushner's security clearance.

Booker said on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday there should be a full investigation into a report that Trump's son-in-law tried to set up a direct backchannel of communication between Trump's transition team and the Kremlin.

When CNN's Dana Bash asked Booker if he was joining the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in its call to revoke Kushner's clearance, he said an investigation needs to take place first.

"I think we need to first get to the bottom of it, he needs to answer for what was happening at the time," Booker said. "It raises very serious concerns for me and that could be a potential outcome that I seek."'

It's useful and honest and include full quotations.

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[HarmonyRockets]

20. Right

He doesn't want to revoke his clearance. And he's taken money from the Kushners. There is nothing fake about this story. This also lines up perfectly with everything else we know about Booker. He's been on the side of Betsy DeVos' charter school plan, of the pharmaceutical industry, anti-universal healthcare, and on the side of wall street and Bain Capital. He's never been on our side. We should be extremely cautious of this guy getting anywhere close to the 2020 nomination.

[emulatorloo]

21. nah, scratch that.

Leave it. Doesn't bother me, snark probably adds to the conversation.

Just note that we DU'ers can talk about how bad Booker is or the veracity of Sirota's journalism without snarky attack on one another.

[Bleacher Creature]

2. As usual, Sirota is making crap up.

Booker didn't defend Kushner. But Sirota obviously knows that, and doesn't care.

After he's done attacking Booker, maybe he can go back to defending Trump on Russia.

[elleng]

8. Thanks

[emulatorloo]

9. Typical Sirota "journalism"

When he posted here had some interesting OP's. Seemed to go off the deep end at some point. Drawing off the wall conclusions from mundane material.

[uponit7771]

10. Thought so... Sounds like more Boker Bashing

[bresue]

5. Agreed!!!

A politician needs to work for the people...not who buys them!!!

Or did we all learn that incorrectly in school?

[elleng]

7. Says this:

Last edited Mon May 29, 2017, 06:00 PM - Edit history (1)

'Sen Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said that it's too soon to revoke White House adviser Jared Kushner's security clearance.

Booker said on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday there should be a full investigation into a report that Trump's son-in-law tried to set up a direct backchannel of communication between Trump's transition team and the Kremlin.

When CNN's Dana Bash asked Booker if he was joining the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in its call to revoke Kushner's clearance, he said an investigation needs to take place first.

"I think we need to first get to the bottom of it, he needs to answer for what was happening at the time," Booker said. "It raises very serious concerns for me and that could be a potential outcome that I seek."'



It's useful and honest to include full quotations.

[uponit7771]

12. +1, "we need to get to the bottom of this" is FAR from a defense

[Bleacher Creature]

14. That sure doesn't sound like a defense to me.

I want Trump, Kushner, etc. to go down as much as anyone, but rushing forward without getting all your ducks in a row only increases the chances of those efforts failing, which would be a disaster that only serves to harden their grip on power. That's all Booker was saying.

And thanks for posting what he really said.

[LOL Lib]

11. Please tell me this is totally untrue.

I'm a huge fan of Corey Booker, and this would really be demoralizing if true.

[emulatorloo]

13. Read the article at the hill. Sirota is misrepresenting what Booker said.

It's typical for Sirota to pull stuff like this imho.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/335506-booker-too-early-to-revoke-kushners-security-clearance

See Ellen's post for article excerpt too:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029132547#post7

[LOL Lib]

43. Done and thx!

[Bucky]

33. When someone works this hard to undermine Booker among his supporters...

...then you know he's pissing off the right people.

Answer your question, no this is not true. Booker is only calling for the fax to come in before drawing conclusions. He's a cautious and responsible politician.

On the other hand, you're starting to see which journalists you cannot trust anymore.

[LOL Lib]

44. Got it!

Thx and I agree it is a sad deal to go to such lengths to try to dupe people. :

[JHan]

15. Sirota is ridiculous.

[GoCubsGo]

26. Back during the Bush Error, he was actually a respectable writer.

I have no idea what happened to him.

[emulatorloo]

29. Agreed. Haven't figured it out either.

[Bucky]

36. It's a highly competitive field he works in

For a guy who earns his living by calling out corruption, the Obama Administration must have been tough to live through. My guess is that Sirota is cultivating a talent for hysteria adjusta bring in new readers and thus advertising dollars

[JHan]

40. my take on it, tell me if I'm off..

does this also have something to do with post modernism - where there are facts, the person says words, the words are easily understood, words that are reasonable, but a false narrative is weaved out of what they said and deemed to be the "truth"? This trend of "journalism" in certain quarters is worrying to me. I'm mindful journalism was never perfect but still.. Sirota's angle is like creating "truth" from his own conjecture.

[Bucky]

41. I liked Sirota in the past in part because he was denouncing people I disliked

Your take makes perfect sense. Maybe as we get older, some of us become more rational and more interested in due process than in the D vs R tribalism.

Booker's sin in sirota's reporting seems to be insufficient purity of bias over rule of law. It's kind of sad when reporters fall into that trap.

[JHan]

42. yep.

It's also curious to me because as far as I know, Sirota isn't keen on Russiagate.

[Quixote1818]

16. I think Kushner's security clearance should be suspended as a percaution

That is where I disagree with Booker. If he is cleared then re-instate it.

[pnwmom]

19. No, it's more like Booker is defending the process of law.

He said there should be an investigation first, which doesn't sound outrageous to me.

Isn't that how we do things in America?

[elleng]

22. Right.

[L. Coyote]

23. Booker is calling for an investigation first. Sirota is also reporting how much $$$ Booker got.

Of course, the inference is obvious but I doubt it is true. Booker can hang Kushner in a New Jersey minute with an investigation.

Link to tweet

[pnwmom]

28. All employees of a company get lumped in together, so that

44K doesn't tell us anything about Kushner in particular -- just that the PEOPLE who work for Kushner's company gave that amount IN TOTAL.

And the 2009 donation was donated by Kushner to a Committee for several candidates, including Booker and multiple others.

So Sirota's posting is deliberately misleading.

ON EDIT: Jared Kushner has a long history of giving to multiple Democrats. According to Wikipedia, he had been a "lifelong Democrat" before he became involved with DT's campaign.

https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=Jared+Kushner

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner

[matt819]

24. It sure seems like backing off to me

It sure seems like Booker is backing off and that seems unlike him. He's almost always out in front of the fight. But not now. Gotta ask why. This is going to hurt his image. Better we're reminded of this now rather than in 2019.

[emulatorloo]

27. How is a calling for a full investigation of Kusher backing off?

"Booker said on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday there should be a full investigation into a report that Trump's son-in-law tried to set up a direct backchannel of communication between Trump's transition team and the Kremlin. "

[pnwmom]

35. What did he say that sounds like backing off? He says we should get to the bottom

of it and have a full investigation. That's not backing off.

[NCTraveler]

25. He is calling for a full investigation into Kushner...

Yet the headline is about defending him. Transparent.

[ismnotwasm]

30. Are we really doing this?

What, specifically did Cory Booker do to "defend" Jared?

[malaise]

31. I have never been impressed with him

Bigly SAD

[pnwmom]

38. In this case, you were misled by Sirota and the title.

In reality, Booker said we should have a full investigation and we need to get to the bottom of this. He's NOT suggesting we back off.

[malaise]

39. Thanks for that

but my opinion remains the same.

[Bradical79]

32. I'm not seeing a defence here -nt

[geek tragedy]

34. David "Obama is more rightwng than Ron Paul" Sirota

is a typical leftbro click bait hack.

http://www.salon.com/2012/01/10/what_makes_a_progressive_president/

Booker said Kushner should be investigated. Which makes sense. Politicians making statements about security clearances on the basis of news articles are engaging in grandstanding.

[SaschaHM]

37. Calling for a full investigation and for getting to the bottom of this is now being a paid shill?

Also, weren't we just complaining about the lack of funds directed to certain races? Looks like Booker got proactive and used his star power to build his campaign warchest. Kushner was a wealthy Democrat then, I don't see the issue w/ taking his money.

[58Sunliner]

45. So why shouldn't JK's security clearance be revoked or suspended?

I really can't believe my eyes that people here are actually supporting a wait for an investigation when the charge is credibly sourced. Multiple undisclosed meetings as well. No, we should not need an investigation to suspend his clearance and Booker looks complicit if he sits on the fence after taking money from them. Anybody else and I bet no one would have his back, so to speak. He may not be defending him, but Booker seems to have a perception problem and should acknowledge his liabilities in promoting policy. And the crap about not rushing to impeach?? Please.
And please do not bother trying to tell I was influenced by anyone.

[George II]

46. David Sirota is WRONG! Booker is NOT "defending" Jared Kushner. Stuff like this....

...is uncalled for.

Where and when did Corey Booker "defend" Jared Kushner? What is the point of this OP outside of another blatant attack on a Democrat?