Newark, NJ – Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, said in Columbia, South Carolina that he would continue to meet with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, a notorious anti-Semite.
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“I have met – I live in Newark so we have famous Mosque 25, we have Nation of Islam there,” Booker said Saturday at a faith breakfast campaign event. “As mayor I met with lots of folks talking to him. I have heard Minister Farrakhan’s speeches for a lot of my life, so I don’t feel like I need to do that, but I’m not one of these people that says I wouldn’t sit down with anybody to hear what they have to say. But, I live on a neighborhood where I’m getting guys on the streets offering and selling his works. I am very familiar with Minister Louis Farrakhan and his beliefs and his values.”
He was responding to a question from an audience member about whether he would avoid Farrakhan over his anti-Semitism.
In recent months Farrakhan has called Jews “satanic” and compared them to “termites.” He has accused Jews of controlling the government and Hollywood, and has called Hitler a “great man.”
Booker’s remarks come days after he slammed former Vice President Joe Biden, another 2020 candidate, for working with segregationist Democrats in the 1970s and calling two former senators the definition of “civility” despite being known as segregationists, Townhall columnist Beth Baumann noted.
“Vice President Biden’s relationships with proud segregationists are not the model for how we make America a safer and more inclusive place for black people, and for everyone,” Booker said following the remarks.
Farrakhan expressed support for Barack Obama’s candidacy in 2008, and Obama’s pastor at the time, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, had praised Farrakhan on multiple occasions. That made Farrakhan an issue during the primaries campaign that year. Obama repudiated Farrakhan during a primaries debate.
Very hard to accept this. Booker is a good man, but, sorry this is bad.
From among the Democrat panel, right now I think Warren with Castro as VP would be the best ticket.
Gillibrand kisses up to “reverend” Al, so she’s out, too. Joe, Bernie, too old. Boteig, too young.
Traitor. Y u turn ur back on your Jewish friends?
Go ahead and sell your soul to the devil, Booker. You’re toast anyhow.
booker if you can sit with this anti-Semite I have no use for you
Aha! You see??!!
We knew all along that it’s Trump who’s causing the rise in anti semitism!
Spartacus a backstabbing power hungry POS
Boy oy vey….all those anti-Semitic Trump supporters…oh wait…what?
and he was the agudas keynote speaker? at least he’s not a modern tznius woman for aguda
BOOKER – You’re a GONER now that you hooked up with him………………..
Booker will continue meet with Anti-Semitic Farrakhan, but Booker has the Chutzpa to criticize Biden for working with a fellow US Senator to get legislation passed, because in the past that Senator had supported segregation (which was legal at the time). Many Democrats seem to have many excuses to justify anti-Semitism and for supporting anti-Semitic people.
Wake up YIDDEN! The biggest Jew haters are the LEFT WING DEMORATS. There isn’t one person in the Demorat line up that is not Jew Hater. Open or farshelt. Not even the queer Buttegarbage hides his dislike of Yidden or Israel. Probably the most tolerant of the bunch is Joe Biden & I’m not sure about him. Open your eyes we have a President who is a staunch supporter of Jews in America & Especially Israel. I Challenge anyone of you immigrant rights morons to attempt to do in any country in the world what these illegals are doing entering the USA, you would be locked up so fast & in some countries never ever heard of or from again.
It is hard to see what the NoI offers a politician nowadays. They have sort of died off.
A confused and self-absorbed loser. Quite a fall from his initial display of potential.
As the saying goes “One schvartser for another”.