Cory Booker
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people who have a record of supporting the United States, who we, and again, in a bipartisan way, worked to secure here, he's now upending. And so his immigration policies are such a violation, as you said, of core constitutional values that we've seen the Supreme Court 9-0 affirm, things like due process, but also a deeper, our commitment to being a nation that
people who have a record of supporting the United States, who we, and again, in a bipartisan way, worked to secure here, he's now upending. And so his immigration policies are such a violation, as you said, of core constitutional values that we've seen the Supreme Court 9-0 affirm, things like due process, but also a deeper, our commitment to being a nation that
that is a light of hope and freedom and opens its doors to people escaping persecution in the case of Afghanistan, persecution that we know all too well and have lost American lives in fighting against.
that is a light of hope and freedom and opens its doors to people escaping persecution in the case of Afghanistan, persecution that we know all too well and have lost American lives in fighting against.
that is a light of hope and freedom and opens its doors to people escaping persecution in the case of Afghanistan, persecution that we know all too well and have lost American lives in fighting against.
This is where I, I've got to not disagree with you, but help you understand like the, My parents came up in a time where the laws of this nation, the laws of this nation denied them equal dignity and equal rights. I mean, literally, my parents were stopped from buying the house that I grew up in based upon this legacy of housing discrimination in this country.
This is where I, I've got to not disagree with you, but help you understand like the, My parents came up in a time where the laws of this nation, the laws of this nation denied them equal dignity and equal rights. I mean, literally, my parents were stopped from buying the house that I grew up in based upon this legacy of housing discrimination in this country.
This is where I, I've got to not disagree with you, but help you understand like the, My parents came up in a time where the laws of this nation, the laws of this nation denied them equal dignity and equal rights. I mean, literally, my parents were stopped from buying the house that I grew up in based upon this legacy of housing discrimination in this country.
And so understand this, like my parents, my grandparents believed in this nation. believed in it and the values that Donald Trump is trashing, even when this country didn't believe in them, they love this nation, even when this nation didn't love them back. And that's the tradition that we have to call upon right now.
And so understand this, like my parents, my grandparents believed in this nation. believed in it and the values that Donald Trump is trashing, even when this country didn't believe in them, they love this nation, even when this nation didn't love them back. And that's the tradition that we have to call upon right now.
And so understand this, like my parents, my grandparents believed in this nation. believed in it and the values that Donald Trump is trashing, even when this country didn't believe in them, they love this nation, even when this nation didn't love them back. And that's the tradition that we have to call upon right now.
The tradition that made LGBTQ Americans fight to make America live up to its promise and its hope or women or immigrants, Catholics back in the time that there was an entire political party called the know nothings. This is a time where, That I can't surrender to cynicism about America.
The tradition that made LGBTQ Americans fight to make America live up to its promise and its hope or women or immigrants, Catholics back in the time that there was an entire political party called the know nothings. This is a time where, That I can't surrender to cynicism about America.
The tradition that made LGBTQ Americans fight to make America live up to its promise and its hope or women or immigrants, Catholics back in the time that there was an entire political party called the know nothings. This is a time where, That I can't surrender to cynicism about America.
I can't allow the demagoguery that echoes the past from Father Conklin to McCarthyism to the Japanese internment to turning away of the St. I think it was St. Louis that brought Holocaust survivors and then they were sent back. All of these things are wretched, dark corners of our history. But people didn't give up in believing in who we are.
I can't allow the demagoguery that echoes the past from Father Conklin to McCarthyism to the Japanese internment to turning away of the St. I think it was St. Louis that brought Holocaust survivors and then they were sent back. All of these things are wretched, dark corners of our history. But people didn't give up in believing in who we are.
I can't allow the demagoguery that echoes the past from Father Conklin to McCarthyism to the Japanese internment to turning away of the St. I think it was St. Louis that brought Holocaust survivors and then they were sent back. All of these things are wretched, dark corners of our history. But people didn't give up in believing in who we are.
As the great poet Langston Hughes said, America never was America to me. but I swear this oath, America will be. And so this is that kind of conviction that's needed. And I refuse to stop believing in us.
As the great poet Langston Hughes said, America never was America to me. but I swear this oath, America will be. And so this is that kind of conviction that's needed. And I refuse to stop believing in us.
As the great poet Langston Hughes said, America never was America to me. but I swear this oath, America will be. And so this is that kind of conviction that's needed. And I refuse to stop believing in us.