Abby,
There's a book on BARD called The Prize, which describes the deal he was
involved with to promote charter schools in NJ. It was a real financial
deal with children as the sacrificial lambs. The only good thing that I've
read about his doing was to testify against the Jeff Sessions appointment. I
am not sure what the word, "progressive", means anymore. It is bandied about
and used for anyone who isn't a right wing Republican. But my definition is
much narrower and according to it, there are few Progressives to be found.
Miriam
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I was so sure he was a true progressive. Guess even progressives sell their
souls to the devil.
Abby
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He is also a supporter of charter schools.
Miriam
Senator Cory Booker. (photo: Getty)
Cory Booker Breaks With Dems to Defend Jared Kushner After Receiving
Thousands in Donations From Him
By David Sirota, International Business Times
02 June 17
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker - a potential 2020 White House
contender and recipient of major campaign contributions from Jared Kushner
and others in the Kushner family - declined to endorse his party's call for
the White House to revoke the security clearance of the president's
son-in-law.
The Democratic National Committee has called for Kushner's security
clearance to be revoked after reports that he sought to set up back-channel
communications with Russian officials. Similarly, Rep. Adam Schiff - the
senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee - said Kushner's
security credentials should be reviewed.
Booker refused to support those calls during an interview with CNN Sunday.
Asked if supports revoking Kushner's security clearance, the New Jersey
senator said: "I think we need to first get to the bottom of it. He needs to
answer for what was happening at the time. It raises very serious concerns
for me. And that could be a potential outcome that I seek, but I want to
understand, at least hear from Jared Kushner, as well as the administration,
about what was exactly going on there."
Booker also pushed back against those calling for Trump's impeachment,
saying, "I'm not going to rush to impeachment."
Kushner and other donors affiliated with Kushner Cos. delivered more than
$41,000 to Booker's Senate campaign in 2013, according to data compiled by
PoliticalMoneyLine.com. Politico reported that Ivanka Trump hosted a
fundraiser for Booker during that election.
In 2009, Jared Kushner also gave $20,000 to Booker's Newark mayoral ticket
"Booker Team for Newark," New Jersey campaign finance records show. That
year, Booker attended the wedding of Kushner and Ivanka Trump.
Booker has in the past made headlines taking stances at odds with others in
his party. During the 2012 election, for instance, Booker defended the
private equity industry and slammed Barack Obama's campaign for attacking
then-Republican nominee Mitt Romney's private equity firm, Bain Capital.
More recently, Booker cast a pivotal vote against Democratic legislation to
allow Americans to buy lower-priced prescription drugs from Canada.
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