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Booker: "There are really good people in the Senate on both sides of the aisle, and I have these private conversations with my colleagues about what's wrong. But they're afraid or unwilling to say these things publicly. And that is the crisis that we're in. It's a crisis of conviction."

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Stop calling people who are DOING THE WRONG THING, "good people". They are not. It has to do with their not USING THEIR EXALTED POSITION AS A SENATOR, to oppose what is being done to THEIR CONSTITUENTS, the people that they are charged with representing. It's pretty simple.

I once wanted Cory to be POTUS. Then I saw that he is a mush (which I liked because I thought it was in a _good_ way) in every way. Senators give their colleagues too much grace and this is a prime example.

Are they really good people if they for this long are supporting Trump A RACIST, Adjudicated Sexual abuser, who is covering up accusations of sexual misconduct with a child, a FRAUD and a LIAR whose mass immigration policy has resulted in deaths of Americans. How can they be "Good people"?

Booker is a coward for telling the lie that there are good republican senators. Another sign of a democrat stuck in the past using a strategy that is guaranteed to fail.

When Trump calls democrats “the greatest enemy” he speaks for all republicans, especially senators. These aren’t the words of good people. Booker needs to wake TF up!

So, they aren’t good people. They are the same good people that voted for Trump. There is no difference. Just like cops that won’t cross the blue line, or priests/nuns that knew about child abuse and said nothing.

Yeah, the people who support the murder of people in boats; the kidnapping of children from their parents' arms; our regime's threats toward Americans, and the genocide of an entire people just so he can make a wonderful wealthy playground for the dictators? lmao What a sad, sad statement.

That literally makes them the shittiest of people and you know it, @booker.senate.gov Talking about right and wrong in private while consistently doing wrong. They could easily get rid of Piggy and they know it, but won't because they are benefiting from the lawless chaos. It's always the greed.

The urge to maximize the small bridgehead of good that exists in a person overcome with evil is understandable, but it's also false. Private conversations are irrelevant, actions are the only thing that matter. The actions of the GOP are going to destroy America, and they're thrilled.

attack on Iran’s Kharg Island Friday, it was all a market ploy this week > "Pentagon orders 3,000 additional US troops from 82nd Airborne Division to be sent to the Middle East" > the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing two US officials

Ok, Cory, then actually tell everyone what they say whenever you’re in front of a microphone. Make them own and defend it. End the cycle of letting them say something but there being zero pushback or accountability. Because you covering for them makes you just as culpable.

Sounds like a crisis for us, the voters. So we elected people that aren't willing to do the job of representing us. They are PAC/Big Donor shills. Why are we paying them if they afraid? Go work in corporate if you want to do useless things told to you by CEOs. We pay your salary, not them.

That's worse!!! You say they know the difference between good and evil but choose to do evil because they're weak and afraid! That's not a good person. That's a weak, cowering sycophant who's fine with some of the most morally repugnant shit I've ever seen in the US.

Republicans in Congress need to learn that power is in numbers. The more of them who stand up for what's right, the more power they have over the corrupt.

Come out, come out, wherever you are.Tell us the names of the "good people" on both sides of the aisle so that we know who to support and who to pressure. Keeping quiet at this point is threatening democracy. It is time for everyone who opposes this administration to stand up and be counted. Do it!

Not good people Booker, they are supporting a monster, trying to keep women from voting, supporting concentration camps, Nazi billionaires, etc. WTF, what the hell is wrong with you. Don't support any Dems that spout this crap. Rich hypocrites, not for we the people.

If they are afraid to stand firm in their convictions about the destruction of people's lives, people's health, and the breathtakingly criminal abuses of power, then they aren't "really good people," Cory.

Sorry, Sen Booker, if your colleagues, are "afraid or unwilling to say these things publicly" then they are NOT good people. What they say privately is irrelevant. If they can't tell the American people the truth, they are either lying by omission, or lying by deceit. In any case, they are liars.

Sorry, Sen Booker, if your colleagues, are "afraid or unwilling to say these things publicly" then they are NOT good people. What they say privately is irrelevant. If they can't tell the American people the truth, they are either lying by omission, or lying by deceit. In any case, they are liars.

OMG what happened to you Senator Booker? Once upon a time you railed against the democracy killing actions & inaction of the entire Republican party, now you’re reduced to making excuses for them? And the same grotesque excuse Trump 1.0 used for the White supremacists in Charlottesville? Seriously??

Really good people stand by their convictions despite the consequences, especially when they’ve been elected to do so on behalf of others. Do your job or step aside for someone who will.

Please note: Members of Congress take an oath to protect and defend against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Good people stand up for what is right, they don’t hide in the shadows and continue to support unconstitutional lawlessness.

FUCKING BULLSHIT. This is the problem. The Dems need to STOP THINKING YOU WILL PERSUADE THE REPUBLICANTS. The gop is corrupt and cowardly. That makes them useless. The Dems need to solve every issue and YELL over and over so that the public can see that they are trying and the gop is not.

Then they all need to find jobs that don't require critical thinking, courage, common sense and listening to their constituents. I'm thinking meat packing, picking strawberries, house cleaning or line cook. I hear they all hiring.

Well this will come back to bite them as Trump will send their kids off to fight a war for another country to profit for himself. That’s the game they played into like the devil has their hand now.

You're correct. Both parties are owned by the same plutocrats and corporations. The difference between the Ds and Rs is that the Rs do purely evil things, then the Ds let that evil stand but "try" not to expand on it. The U.S. is and has always been controlled by rich monsters.

How many times has Booker voted with his Republican friends? This is why I support David Hogg and his PAC "Leaders We Deserve" He is supporting (and winning elections) with progressive dems who primary the "let's get along" dems.

It's a crisis of principles, a crisis of courage, and a crisis of professionalism (which, in any other job, would quickly lead to being fired). It's cowardice and professional impotence.

Yeah, if they say one thing in private and are spineless sycophants in public they are not good people, they are party over country traitors.

What's even sadder is that the Dem Senators aren't very good people either, when they go around spouting fraudulent *garbage* like this, instead of fucking DOING something.

They don’t sound like good people if they are BSing him in private and voting a different way in public. Who the fuck cares what they say in private when we - the public - are only impacted by their public votes. Also, Booker is a piece of shit too.

Cowards & hypocrites! A few years ago Haulin A*s Hawley wrote a book telling young men how to be a man🤣🥴 Was it intended to be self-help, fiction or comedy? He's no man, he's a self-serving, ladder climbing, pathological liar, who has zero respect for & has been lying to us since the 2020 election!

I'm sick of being told that someone is a "good person" as long as I look past their words and actions. Even if there are Republicans who feel bad about what their party is doing, that DOESN'T MATTER. The only thing that matters is their words and actions, and by that measure they are bad people.

Republicans in Congress have completely caved to Trump on everything a long time ago. That won’t change. Dem politicians don’t really care as long as they can all meet for steaks and scotch after work and expense the dinner.

Clicked to say the exact same thing. Same as saying “not all cops are bad” (they aren’t of course), but if the “good” ones stay quiet while the bad ones do illegal or questionable things, the quiet ones aren’t the “good” ones! They’re complicit.

Okay so I get it but also I think we need to stop agreeing with the idea that these Senators of the United States of America wielding power few of us can even dream of are afraid of anything. They're not afraid - they're *willfully complicit* and they should be treated accordingly.

Well what a disappointment he turned out to be.. People are dying and they’re too scared to speak out. That’s not good people, that’s cowards willing to stay silent to save themselves.

Really good people on both sides??? GTFOOH!!!! Enablers and sycophants which includes the GOP and Fetterdouche can Fuck all the way off! Y’all are out of touch Booker 🤦🏼‍♂️

People who can’t stand up and be counted , but can send service men and women to give their lives in a pointless war. These are not good people

Senator Booker, why don't you ask them what red line has to be crossed before they reverse course on this administration and then get back to us? That would be far more useful than this dribble.

So which part of those people are good? The ones taking a paycheck are too scared to do their job? May I suggest biting the fucking bullet and record some of these conversations so we can maybe get our fucking country back. I have heard this before, sack up Booker!

My gawd, we are governed by idiots on both sides. I try to avoid piling on the Ds, but... By your own definition, you performative manchild, they can't be "really good people." If we are in a crisis, act and communicate like it. Drop the 1980s Senate, collegial BS. Call out their hypocrisy!

If people "voted Blue no matter who" in 2024, hundreds of thousands of children who were killed by Trump, Musk, and DOGE would still be alive, and millions more people would be receiving life-saving assistance from USAID. Obamacare premiums would not have doubled for people with govt subsidies. Etc.

So that's how you rationalize voting against your values and interests and beliefs, how you justify giving up that anything could actually improve? Cuz "the other guy is worse"? And that's why elected Dems will continue to betray their base everyday, because of exactly that rationale.

Crisis of conviction???? No Corey Booker, It’s a crisis of integrity. It’s a crisis of character. It’s a crisis of a lack of a spine. They are traitors. Period.

Senator they are not good people since they are not standing up to help Americans. The TSA employees can’t afford to buy food, pay their rent or mortgage other basic necessities. Traveling Americans are waiting in lines for over 4 hour on lines. Too many passengers are missing their flights.

"Good people" don't support Trump's bad acts, period. Talking about doing good by the people in the cloakroom or at a restaurant and then voting for bills that damage Americans, is not even close to being a good person It's not "conviction", it's hypocrisy and cowardice. Stop pretending otherwise.

Continuing to call them friends and "good people" is the entire root of the problem! They are failing their oath of office, they are enabling the destruction of our democracy. Republicans have the power and DUTY to stop this and they refuse.

Really good people who don’t honor their oath to the constitution? Really good people who have abdicated their role as a functioning BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT that US citizens need? Really good people who aren’t holding any executive branch members accountable by providing oversight?