Cory Booker

I go to Bible study in Chairman Inhofe's office.

He and I pass legislation together to help homeless and foster kids.

I went out to try to invite every one of my Republican colleagues to dinner.

I rise today in an unusual manner, and I want to be clear and explain that.

In just 71 days, a president of the United States has inflicted

so much harm on Americans' safety.

financial stability, the core foundations of our democracy.

I actually think that Democrats and others make a mistake when they center their

this moment in American history around Donald Trump, make him the main character of the story.

I think there's been a lot leading to this and we are in tough times and I hear a lot of fear and anger and anguish from Americans asking, what can I do?

And so I wanted to write a book that spoke directly to that hurt and to this fear about what's happening to our country and

And explain to folks through inspiration and hopefully instruction what people in the past have done in moments like this, which is to evidence the best of American virtues, not Democrat or Republican virtues, but the best of who we are.

Virtue is strategy.

Virtue is how we win.

Virtues are vital, especially in dark times.

Well, to me, one is a part of the other.

And all through my career, from a 10-day hunger strike in the projects in Newark, which became a sounding board for big changes in our city, to even standing for 25 hours to do what?

To share the stories of Americans.

Yeah.

This is a time where we need to begin to have that renewal and that revival of what is the instruction for action.