Cory Booker addresses speculation about his sexuality: 'I'm heterosexual'

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11. Cory being single is the story for the P. Inquirer.......

The newspaper must be hard up for stories!






http://www.philly.com/news/cory-booker-presidency-single-man-20181214.html



Will standing alone help Cory Booker stand out in a crowded presidential field?
by Jonathan Tamari, Updated: December 14, 2018



...........But there’s one factor that might be unique among the two dozen or so Democrats eyeing a 2020 run: He’s single.

America hasn’t elected an unmarried president since 1884 -- and only two have ever taken office without having been married first. If he runs, Booker, 49, would try to be the third.


While that might not be a top concern for Booker -- or many voters -- as he mulls his future over the holidays, a Booker presidential run would test the country’s evolving expectations of the presidency.

America is accustomed to not just a chief executive who leads the government, but a First Family that rounds out the ceremonial and symbolic aspects of the job. Spouses and their children can become national figures in their own rights, and often soften a candidate’s image.

Booker, who has thrived on personal notoriety and sharing bits of himself on social media, says all he can do is be himself.

“Clearly the norms of family relationships have been changed dramatically as you’ve seen people across this country being elected to offices with all different kinds of family situations, including the president who has had three spouses,” he said in an interview Thursday in his Capitol Hill office. “So I think a lot of that conventional thought on that doesn’t apply.”........................