Cory Booker
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And even our founders, these imperfect geniuses, these guys who called Native Americans savages and blacks fractions of human beings and didn't even refer to women, the humility that they had in understanding what it would make to make an imperfect, more perfect union, and their appeal to the highest virtues of mankind. Read
George Washington's farewell address, who almost said that history is going to judge him harshly. And he understood that his imperfections and mistakes of humility that Donald Trump has an inability to show, but always they were ascribing to the higher angels of our nature.
George Washington's farewell address, who almost said that history is going to judge him harshly. And he understood that his imperfections and mistakes of humility that Donald Trump has an inability to show, but always they were ascribing to the higher angels of our nature.
George Washington's farewell address, who almost said that history is going to judge him harshly. And he understood that his imperfections and mistakes of humility that Donald Trump has an inability to show, but always they were ascribing to the higher angels of our nature.
And this idea that America, though that not there yet, was on a journey towards greater justice that future generations would advance. That's the traditions right now that I feel. And it's often out of the darkest moments, the most painful moments. that we somehow not only find a way through them, but find a way to more advance towards the truth that I think is the calling of this country.
And this idea that America, though that not there yet, was on a journey towards greater justice that future generations would advance. That's the traditions right now that I feel. And it's often out of the darkest moments, the most painful moments. that we somehow not only find a way through them, but find a way to more advance towards the truth that I think is the calling of this country.
And this idea that America, though that not there yet, was on a journey towards greater justice that future generations would advance. That's the traditions right now that I feel. And it's often out of the darkest moments, the most painful moments. that we somehow not only find a way through them, but find a way to more advance towards the truth that I think is the calling of this country.
I listen to your guys' podcasts. I think that you all do a really good job. And I'm sorry, you're not asking me for this. I know my cultural traditions. Black radio here in Washington, D.C. This is where my parents came from, both from HBCUs to Chocolate City is what it used to be called before. So gentrified.
I listen to your guys' podcasts. I think that you all do a really good job. And I'm sorry, you're not asking me for this. I know my cultural traditions. Black radio here in Washington, D.C. This is where my parents came from, both from HBCUs to Chocolate City is what it used to be called before. So gentrified.
I listen to your guys' podcasts. I think that you all do a really good job. And I'm sorry, you're not asking me for this. I know my cultural traditions. Black radio here in Washington, D.C. This is where my parents came from, both from HBCUs to Chocolate City is what it used to be called before. So gentrified.
And it was so much injustice going on here, but blacks and whites, how my dad got his job being the first black salesman hired by IBM and then crushed it for the company. That's how I got to New Jersey is he was promoted because he was the top 5% of global salesmen.
And it was so much injustice going on here, but blacks and whites, how my dad got his job being the first black salesman hired by IBM and then crushed it for the company. That's how I got to New Jersey is he was promoted because he was the top 5% of global salesmen.
And it was so much injustice going on here, but blacks and whites, how my dad got his job being the first black salesman hired by IBM and then crushed it for the company. That's how I got to New Jersey is he was promoted because he was the top 5% of global salesmen.
My dad got that job because of activists in the black community, the white community put pressure, talk about DEI hires, put pressure on them. on companies to like higher qualified blacks who then help that company further advance.
My dad got that job because of activists in the black community, the white community put pressure, talk about DEI hires, put pressure on them. on companies to like higher qualified blacks who then help that company further advance.
My dad got that job because of activists in the black community, the white community put pressure, talk about DEI hires, put pressure on them. on companies to like higher qualified blacks who then help that company further advance.
But I say this to tell you that people like you who were willing to entertain, inform, engage, they became the most valuable voices during some of the most tumultuous times. My dad told me about the urban upheaval here when King was killed and the agony people felt and how much they held on to voices like yours. And I'll remind you, it wasn't just to curse the darkness.
But I say this to tell you that people like you who were willing to entertain, inform, engage, they became the most valuable voices during some of the most tumultuous times. My dad told me about the urban upheaval here when King was killed and the agony people felt and how much they held on to voices like yours. And I'll remind you, it wasn't just to curse the darkness.
But I say this to tell you that people like you who were willing to entertain, inform, engage, they became the most valuable voices during some of the most tumultuous times. My dad told me about the urban upheaval here when King was killed and the agony people felt and how much they held on to voices like yours. And I'll remind you, it wasn't just to curse the darkness.
It was also people who understood who have roles like yours that are not in the left-right polls of our country, but provide voices of strength. Part of it was about how much they lit fires of hope. And I think that that's the moment that we're a little bit missing, and especially the Democratic Party, I think, is missing right now. And I just take you to a moment. My mom volunteered.