I like Cory Booker a lot but he needs to keep as much distance as possible from Trump...

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12. Booker has been. There's nothing wrong with him saying

that he isn't rushing to impeachment. No one should be "rushing" -- as Rethugs want to pretend we are.

And he is saying things like this:

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/05/booker.html

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the need for a independent prosecutor to investigate possible ties between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russian officials was "even more urgent" following the dismissal of FBI Director James Comey.

"The president of the United States just fired the person who was investigating his campaign, which should set off alarm bells across the country," said Booker (D-N.J.). "The last time a presidential firing raised this many questions, America was in the middle of the Watergate crisis."

http://observer.com/2017/05/booker-trump-may-have-engaged-in-obstruction-of-justice/

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker said President Trump may have “engaged in obstruction of justice in the Oval Office” after bombshell reports surfaced Tuesday describing a conversation between the president and the former FBI director, James Comey.

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“These stunning disclosures point to the possibility that President Trump personally engaged in obstruction of justice in the Oval Office,” Booker, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in a statement. “This must be a wake-up call for congressional Republicans to begin holding Trump accountable, to put country first, and to act immediately in a bipartisan fashion to get to the bottom of this.”

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Booker went further than some of his Democratic colleagues with his assessment. U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) was asked Tuesday night on MSNBC whether Trump could be charged with obstruction. “I hope you’ll forgive me if I duck that question,” Durbin responded.

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/01/booker_says_he_wont_back_trump.html

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Cory Booker plans to vote against fellow U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general and will make his objections known at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing considering his nomination.

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The Senate historian could not find another instance of a sitting senator testifying against a colleague nominated for a position in a president's cabinet, according to a statement from Booker's office.

"I do not take lightly the decision to testify against a Senate colleague," Booker said. "But the immense powers of the attorney general, combined with the deeply troubling views of this nominee is a call to conscience."

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/05/in_a_92-6_vote_bookers_one_of_the_6_the_auditor.html

May 6 (before Comey firing)

"Russia's interference was unprecedented and dangerous," said Booker, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "We need to get to the bottom of it and in order to give the American people full confidence in the investigation, it should be handled by an independent counsel who does not answer to President Trump."

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/05/booker_calls_trump_election_commission_a_voter_suppression_effort.html

WASHINGTON -- During the presidential campaign, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker called candidate Donald Trump's allegations of voter fraud "a blatant lie."

As president, Trump's commission on election integrity is "a thinly veiled voter suppression effort," Booker (D-N.J.) said.

http://www.politico.com/interactives/2017/hell-no-caucus/

Among Senate Democrats’ broad opposition to President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, six stand out in having voted against nearly all of his nominees — and each senator just happens to be a potential Trump challenger in 2020.

The Democrats’ latest hell-no caucus includes Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Kamala Harris of California, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Cory Booker of New Jersey, Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Vermont independent Bernie Sanders, according to a POLITICO analysis of votes on 35 Trump nominees confirmed this year.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/02/politics/black-caucus-town-hall-trump/

As frustrated as Sen. Cory Booker said he's been with the Trump administration, he said he's been "inspired" by those criticizing the President's policies and actions and encouraged them to continue.

"I've been angry. I've been outraged. I've been frustrated. I've been discouraged and disappointed," the New Jersey Democrat said. "But if anything I've been inspired. I've been inspired by those people who despite all the challenges, haven't curled up, shut up or given up."

"They've been standing up, speaking up and having continued to work. So let's inspire each other on how we respond."