What They’re Saying About Cory Booker’s Winning Debate Performance: “Great.” “Electrifying.” “How It’s Done.”
Newark, NJ — As the reviews for the third Democratic primary come in, it’s clear that for the third debate in a row, Cory won the night, and he did so without tearing down other Democrats or dividing the party. Instead he was true to himself and his values.
Here’s what people are saying about Cory Booker’s performance in Houston:
@JessLivMo: This is the place where @CoryBooker goes where no one else can go. His message of love, and his willingness to say -- you have to care about an issue that doesn't affect you. Making a call to action, and making clear HE will lead it based on his record. #DemDebate
@mariashriver: .@CoryBooker does a good job of centering the debate, talking about what people need right now... a good reset #DemocraticDebate #DemDebate3
@ZerlinaMaxwell: Cory Booker is doing well amongst all of the chaos. #DemDebate3
@PodSaveAmerica: Booker did a good job on the "everybody get along" message. #DemDebate
@RebeccaBuck: Snap debate analysis
Overperforming their polling: Beto, Booker, Klobuchar
Underperforming: Biden, Harris
Meeting the moment: Warren
YOLO: Yang, Castro
@JohnJHarwood: Booker won
@jfreewright: Hey, Cory Booker’s on the serious come up tonight at this #DemDebate.
@JarrettHill: Cory Booker starting out strong. #DemDebate
@johnbrougher: Cory Booker's charisma is electrifying.
@jess_mc: Booker showing Pete how it’s done.
@jasoncherkis: Booker is good at this.
@GregHale1: Cory is underrated. Big time. #DemocraticDebate
@MoElleithee: My quick take at the halfway mark: (corrected to include all candidates)
Having a great night: Klobuchar, Booker
Having a good night: Biden, Beto, Buttigieg
Having an OK night: Warren, Harris
Having a bad night: Bernie, Castro
Barely getting any airtime: Yang
What do you think?
@NickKristof: I thought Biden was better tonight than in previous debates, but still rambled and was periodically incoherent. Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker came out on top, I thought, and Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar also strong Your thoughts?
@HotlineJosh: Cory Booker with another strong debate.
@JoeNBC: Cory Booker gives a great answer on health care.
@MoElleithee: Cory Booker speaks so passionately and compassionately on issues of racial justice that it’s hard not to be moved.
@PaulBegala: All the candidates should simply repeat what @CoryBooker just said about racism. Powerful. #ABCDemDebate
@driverminnie: #DemDebate Cory Booker’s point- that it’s not just about calling the racists/white supremacist out, it’s about who’s going to change the systemic racism that exists in America -was excellent.
@costareports: Booker strong on issues that have animated not only his Senate work, but his time as Newark's mayor. Criminal justice reform, gun control. Finishes riff by citing MLK.
@rolandsmartin: This answer on guns was @CoryBooker’s best of the debate cycle. #DemDebate
@cenkuygur: .@CoryBooker should receive tremendous credit for getting criminal justice reform passed. And doing it while Republicans were in charge. That’s not just talk, that’s taking action! #DemocraticDebate
@amberkgoodwin: .@CoryBooker on point about addressing gun violence in communities of color at the debate. Everyday gun violence. We need courage from all policy makers to end gun violence not just when it’s in the news and when it impacts us personally #DemDebate #EndGunViolence
@igorvolsky: .@CoryBooker and @ewarren both mention the importance of firearm licensing to prevent gun deaths. Our research shows that if we raised the standard for gun ownership across the nation, we can save lives. #DemDebate
@Everytown: "This is not a side issue to me; this is a central issue to me." -@CoryBooker on gun violence prevention at the #DemDebate
This is what a Gun Sense Candidate looks like.
@fred_guttenberg: @CoryBooker is showing he is worthy of additional support. He was first to offer a plan to increase firearms responsibility with a plan for licensing and I believe he is serious about wanting to take on the NRA.
@ThePlumLineGS: Important reminder from Cory Booker that the carnage of gun violence is a daily catastrophe in inner cities.
@AMarch4OurLives: Glad to see @CoryBooker call it like it is – shootings are a day to day reality in far too many communities. We need to end ALL types of gun violence – not just the mass shootings that dominate the news cycle. #DemDebate
@KristineFrazao: Both in Detroit and now in Houston @CoryBooker has seemed prepared, articulate and well-versed on every issue. #DemDebate
@laurenduca: Cory Booker is right on prison reform: "Every day we wait is too long." #DemDebate
@sallykohn: "Our criminal justice system is so savagely broken..." and then @CoryBooker quotes @eji_org's
Bryan Stevenson. I disagree with Cory on some issues, but on criminal justice reform, I think he has the clearest vision and more transformative plan.
#DemocraticDebate #DemDebate
@NFUDC: Yes - corporate consolidation in the food and farm sectors isn't just pushing family farmers and ranchers out of business, but it's contributing to other problems, including climate change. That's why we support @CoryBooker's agribusiness merger moratorium bill. #DemDebate
@MaeveReston: Very strong moment for @CoryBooker shifting to urgent need to improve the care veterans receive when they come home — from failures in health care and mental health to the high number who end up homeless.
@fawfulfan: Am I the only one who thinks Cory Booker is on fire tonight?
@brianros1: Booker is killing every answer. What a debate.
@NFUDC: .@CoryBooker: "The problem is that Trump's "America First" policy is actually "America alone." He's trying to go up against China alone. Our strength is amplified when we work w/our allies." We absolutely agree - the way to deal with China is to work w/other countries. #DemDebate
@MarcACaputo: Good night for Booker, funny and positive
@StuPolitics: Booker is having another good debate.
@LisaDNews: BOOKER also had a smart pivot, raising veterans for the first time in the debate and pointing out how the face disproportionate homelessness and other problems.
@rmc031: cory booker seems to just have a lot of fun running for president
@DomenicoNPR: All those dad jokes finally paid off for Booker...
Answer: No. Let me translate that into Spanish. No.
Well done, sir.
@rtraister: Cory Booker is the king of the Dad Jokes and my husband is pretending to work on a summation for tomorrow but quietly chuckling because game recognize game.
@PaulBegala: Genuine wit, not a canned one-liner, from @CoryBooker. “No,” he says, “and let me translate that into Spanish: No.” #ABCDemDebate
@jennifernvictor: Booker just won the debate. I laughed out loud.
Univision Moderator: “You’re a vegan. Should everyone be?”
Booker: “No. I want to translate that into Spanish: No.”
#DemDebate
@LarrySabato: Give @CoryBooker credit for cracking a joke. It wakes the audience up!
@mayawiley: So glad “achievement gap” is reframed as “opportunity gap” & #Booker goes back to #Newark track record. #DemocraticDebate
@votevets: Thank you, @CoryBooker, for being the first to make veterans issues part of tonight’s #DemDebate! #VoteVets2020
@JessLivMo: That's the second time that @CoryBooker has brought up intersectional climate change Don't think anyone else has really done it so clearly. #DemDebate
