Cory Booker, as the first Senator to testify against an executive nomination of another Senator, during Jeff Sessions' Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, as quoted in Salant, Jonathan D. (August 19, 2018), 11 ways Cory Booker is wooing progressives as he eyes a run for president in 2020, retrieved: 21 August 2018
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Senator Sessions has not demonstrated a commitment to a central requirement of the job -- to aggressively pursue the congressional mandate of civil rights, equal rights, and justice for all. In fact, at numerous times in his career, he has demonstrated a hostility toward these convictions, and has worked to frustrate attempts to advance these ideals.

— Cory Booker on Jeff Sessions

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Senator Sessions has not demonstrated a commitment to a central requirement of the job -- to aggressively pursue the congressional mandate of civil rights, equal rights, and justice for all. In fact, at numerous times in his career, he has demonstrated a hostility toward these convictions, and has worked to frustrate attempts to advance these ideals." in the context of "Cory Booker, as the first Senator to testify against an executive nomination of another Senator, during Jeff Sessions' Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, as quoted in Salant, Jonathan D. (August 19, 2018), 11 ways Cory Booker is wooing progressives as he eyes a run for president in 2020, retrieved: 21 August 2018" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Cory Booker

About Cory Booker

Cory Anthony Booker (born April 27, 1969) is an American politician currently serving as the junior United States Senator from New Jersey, in office since 2013. The first African-American U.S. Senator from New Jersey, he was previously the 36th Mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013. Before that Booker served on the Newark City Council for the Central Ward from 1998 to 2002.