What They’re Saying: “Booker’s positivity is shining,” “Dead On,” “This is the Cory Booker I Love”
Newark, NJ — On the largest debate stage in presidential debate history, Cory stood out by standing out as a leader, a unifier, and the adult in the room who refocused the conversation on the issues that matter most.
For yet another debate, Cory showed a national audience that he can unite our country and make real change for Americans who face injustice and seek opportunity.
Here’s what people are saying about Cory Booker’s performance tonight:
Robert Reich
@RBReich: Booker is right that the Dems have to conduct the impeachment process in what appears to be an impartial way, and good to mention morality behind this.
Robert Costa
@costareports: Booker calling for impeachment process to be "honorable." Calls it a "moral moment." Echoes how Speaker Pelosi describes her position -- shrugging off politics, solemn tone.
Megan McArdle
@asymmetricinfo: Booker makes a stirring speech in favor of a non-partisan impeachment process, by far the best answer given to the impeachment question tonight. The question is whether primary voters want an above-it-all conciliator or a partisan no-holds-barred fighter.
Yamiche Alcindor
@Yamiche: Cory Booker getting BIG applauses after saying this: "God bless Kamala but women should not be the only ones taking up this fight (on women's reproductive rights) ... It's because women are people and people deserve to control their own bodies."
Jess Morales Rocketto
@JessLivMo: Excellent way for Booker to talk to voters he wants to talk to while building on Harris' answer. Strong way to talk to women as only he can without being anti-feminist. #DemDebate
Cheryl Strayed
@CherylStrayed: Thank you @CoryBooker for making the point that reproductive rights don't just matter to women. Time for men to STEP UP.
Ilyse Hogue
@ilyseh: "Women are people and people deserve to control their own bodies!" thank you @CoryBooker always speaking truth and making sure that women aren't the only ones speaking about reproductive oppression. #AskAboutAbortion #DemocraticDebate
Maria Shriver
@mariashriver: .@CoryBooker brings up women's reproductive rights, says women are people and people deserve to control their own bodies #DemocraticDebate #DemDebate
Matt Rogers
@Politidope: I'm glad @CoryBooker is in the race. Always a breath of fresh air.
Sally Kohn
@sallykohn: And THANK YOU @CoryBooker for bringing up abortion rights AND saying that it shouldn't just be on women to always bring it up. YES!!!
#DemDebate #DemocraticDebate
Amanda Renteria
@AmandaRenteria: to @CoryBooker who calls out allies “Women should not be the only one taking up this cause!” (Ref: women’s rights) #DemocraticDebate
Valerie Jarrett
@ValerieJarrett: “Women should not be the only ones taking up this fight” @CoryBooker
Michael Skolnik
@MichaelSkolnik: I respect @CoryBooker for defending Joe Biden (that is what all Democrats should do tonight) and as a male ally standing up for women. Dude is solid. #DemDebate
Greg Sargent
@ThePlumLineGS: Terrific @CoryBooker defense of @JoeBiden there. Key point: Don't launder Trump's bad faith lies and disinformation for him! Just don't do it!
Jason Johnson
@DrJasonJohnson: @CoryBooker just gave the BEST answer on Healthcare from that whole segment...
#DemDebate
DanielleMoodie-Mills
@DeeTwoCents: Come on @CoryBooker! That pivot back to women’s reproductive health and playing into #Trump’s hands was GOOOD! #DemDebate #WokeAF
Supermajority
@supermajority: Thanks @CoryBooker, too! You're right—everyone should be talking about this, not just women. #DemDebate #DemocraticDebate
Philippe Reines
@PhilippeReines: .@CoryBooker is 10000% right: @andersoncooper’s question to Joe Biden about ethics charges is exactly why trump makes shit up out of thin air.
The media is so worried about being called liberal they go overboard proving they’re not. In doing so, they are not being journalists.
Patricia Arquette
@PattyArquette: @CoryBooker Thank you for standing up for Women’s rights!
Renee Bracey Sherman
@RBraceySherman: Shoutout to Senator Cory Booker for saying that men need to stand up and fight for access to reproductive rights and not just because people who need and have abortions are related to us. We are human beings. #AskAboutAbortion
Arianna Huffington
@ariannahuff: Great point from @CoryBooker on reproductive rights: "women should not be the only ones taking up this fight” #DemocraticDebate
Freda Moon
@fredamoon: Great, now I want a time machine just so I can go back, take my donation to @PeteButtigieg and give it to @CoryBooker.
Michael Linden
@MichaelSLinden: Agree with @CoryBooker that trade deals need to put workers at the center. Trade deals that empower corporations is just more of the same.
Jason Johnson
@DrJasonJohnson: @CoryBooker raised 2 million in about 10 days by saying whether he wins or loses, the debates are better with his voice in them. He's proved that tonight...
#DemDebate
Assemblywoman Brittney Miller
@BrittMiller4AD5: "....women should not be the only ones taking up this cause or this fight...." -@CoryBooker
My father would've agreed!
#DemocraticDebate #DemDebate
Kelly Dittmar
@kdittmar: Yo. @CoryBooker got the memo. It should not be up to women to address issues of gender equity and reproductive rights. #GenderLens2020 #DemDebate
Zerlina Maxwell
@ZerlinaMaxwell: What Cory just did is so important so don’t miss it.
He said men shouldn’t be allies bc women are our daughters and sisters, it’s because WOMEN ARE PEOPLE #DemDebate
Emma Gray
@emmaladyrose: Very important that Booker is calling out the Hyde Amendment specifically. #DemDebate
Alexis McGill Johnson
@alexismcgill: We cannot let what’s happening to thousands of patients in Cincinnati happen to millions more across the country. Thank you, @CoryBooker. #AskAboutAbortion #DemDebate https://twitter.com/ppmn/status/1184268840290660352
Ilyse Hogue
@ilyseh: .@CoryBooker will create a White House Office on Reproductive Freedom, removing Hyde and calling attacks on reproductive freedom what they are, part of entrenched poverty.
Shauna
@goldengateblond: I so appreciate Booker saying something that’s rarely mentioned: The attack on choice is not just an attack on women (and it is), it’s an attack on the poor. #DemocraticDebate
Catherynne Valente
@catvalente: Again, Booker saying the right thing. It’s real weird that a dude is the one advocating for an office of reproductive rights in the white house. Kamala should have had that. #DemDebate
Yasmin Radjy
@yasminradjy: Omg @CoryBooker is going to create an office of repro policy omg omg #DemDebate THIS IS WHY WE #ASKABOUTABORTION
Ilyse Hogue
@ilyseh: .@CoryBooker will create a White House Office on Reproductive Freedom, removing Hyde and calling attacks on reproductive freedom what they are, part of entrenched poverty.
Policy Matters Ohio
@PolicyMattersOH: Great to hear @CoryBooker talking about raising the minimum wage to $15/hr.
Passing the Raise the Wage Act would give 1.8 million Ohioans a raise by 2025.
#DemocraticDebate
Fight For 15
@fightfor15: In the #DemDebate, Sen. @CoryBooker calls for raising the minimum wage to $15, strengthening unions, and calls for sectoral bargaining so that workers can set minimum standards throughout an industry
These are some of the pillars of the #UnionsForAll platform we're fighting for
SEIU
@SEIU: .@CoryBooker is right to call for sectoral bargaining so working people can bargain better wages and better jobs #UnionsForAll #DemDebate https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EG9hRIUXkAA6sOJ.jpg
UFCW
@UFCW: .@CoryBooker: As president I would strengthen #unions to improve working conditions for all Americans from @UAW workers at @GM to fast food workers leading #FightFor15.
We need to stand up for #UnionsForAll so every American has a living wage in this country. #DemDebate #1u
Randi Weingarten
@rweingarten: Thank you @CoryBooker for the bold statement on unions and the need for sectoral bargaining. #DemDebate #AFTvotes
Robert Reich
@RBReich: Booker puts child poverty on the table. Good! We need to talk about the fact that 1 out of 5 children in America is in poverty -- a scandal in the wealthiest nation in the history of the world.
Rebecca Vallas
@rebeccavallas: Props to @CoryBooker for bringing up child poverty in tonight's #DemDebate.
Reminder of some of what's in his child poverty plan:
- young child tax credit for families with kids under 5
- 30% boost to SNAP
- long-overdue increase in TANF funding
- 7.3 million fewer poor kids
Change.org
@Change: Thank you @CoryBooker for acknowledging this, and for responding to the movement of people led by an 18-year-old child poverty survivor demanding candidates be asked a question about child poverty: http://www.change.org/ChildPovertyQuestionhttps://twitter.com/CoryBooker/status/1184275001899470850
Spotlight on Poverty
@povertynews: "We've had 20 years of presidential debates and we have never talked about the violence in America of #childpoverty." @CoryBooker raises a topic at #DemDebate that deserves so much more attention.
Charlotte Alter
@CharlotteAlter: Booker is the only candidate who has been regularly talking about extreme poverty, not just income inequality #DemocraticDebate
Nicholas Kristof
@NickKristof: Cory Booker is also right that there is good evidence that licensing to own guns (as is the case in 15 states) reduces gun violence.
Everytown
@Everytown: “There are more duck and cover drills and shelter in place drills in America now than fire drills.” - @CoryBooker #DemDebate
75% of high school students cited mass shootings as a primary source of stress. They deserve better.
The Trace
@teamtrace: Cory Booker is highlighting the disproportionate impact gun violence has on low-income communities of color like his at the #DemDebate.
Those communities are tired of being left out of the gun debate. But the tide may finally be turning. https://www.thetrace.org/2019/10/community-gun-violence-democratic-forum/
March For Our Lives
@AMarch4OurLives: There are more duck and cover drills… than fire drills.”
We agree with @CoryBooker – our inability to protect our students and communities from gun violence is sickening. We need comprehensive action to end gun violence in every community.
Newtown Action
@NewtownAction: 11) @CoryBooker was the first to support federal licensing for gun ownership. Here is his comprehensive plan to #EndGunViolence: https://medium.com/@corybooker/corys-plan-to-end-the-gun-violence-epidemic-ab377d9fb112 #DemDebate @CNN @nytimeshttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/EG92ErLXkAAoOUV.jpg
EJ Dionne
@EJDionne: .@CoryBooker is having a very good night. His answer on health care appealed to a lot of Democratic women. A moment ago he gave the strongest shoutout of the night to the unions & their importance.
Maria Shriver
@mariashriver: Bravo @CoryBooker who says we have one shot at making @realDonaldTrump a one term President and how we talk to each other on this stage matters. Bravo! #DemDebate #DemocraticDebate
Matt Rogers
@Politidope: Sending @CoryBooker $10 tonight so he's at the next debate keeping everybody chill again.
Ben Wexler
@mrbenwexler: Sorry but @CoryBooker is massively underrated
Megan McArdle
@asymmetricinfo: Booker makes a stirring speech in favor of a non-partisan impeachment process, by far the best answer given to the impeachment question tonight. The question is whether primary voters want an above-it-all conciliator or a partisan no-holds-barred fighter.
Dave Pell
@davepell: Cory Booker’s strategy is dead-on for the general election.
Come together. Unify. Pull everyone up.
I did not believe that was the winning message at the campaign’s outset, but Cory has convinced me.
Hate, even hate of the other party, plays into Trump’s hands.
Patricia Arquette
@PattyArquette: @CoryBooker Thank you for pointing out that Trump has shown nothing but weakness towards Russia.
Ahmed Baba
@AhmedBaba_: Cory Booker’s positivity is shining particularly bright tonight given the animosity on stage.
#DemDebate
Brittany Packnett Cunningham
@MsPackyetti: I know @CoryBooker decently well, and he genuinely believes in love and community. Him urging us to disagree and push one another with a level of respect isn’t pandering. It isn’t a line. He believes it. And I appreciate him being the adult on that.
#DemocraticDebate #DemDebate
Jerry Avenaim
@avenaim: Cory Booker has great energy tonight. He’s shining bright given the tensions onstage.
#DemocraticDebate #DemDebate
Indivisible Guide
@IndivisibleTeam: .@CoryBooker reminds us that this election is about centering who & what we're for. That's why we asked every candidate running for President to center the issues & focus on defeating Trump in 2020. Learn more about the pledge & take it for yourself here:
Sarah Silverman
@SarahKSilverman: Cory for the end q win #DemDebate
Michael Wear
@MichaelRWear: This is the Cory Booker I love.
Michael Skolnik
@MichaelSkolnik: Cory Booker is one incredible human being. What an amazing closing statement!! #DemDebate
Sally Kohn
@sallykohn: Booker having a great close here with his “common struggles for common purpose” refrain — reminding Americans that heck yeah, we can do great things, and do them together. Honestly, I’m moved.
#DemDebate #DemocraticDebate
Donna Brazile
@donnabrazile: Thank you @CoryBooker for reminding us of the bigger purpose. #DemDebate #DemDebate4
