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Cory Booker

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The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1028: Cory Booker: A National Crisis and a Global Crisis

Anyway, I remember I get to the Senate and I'm still living on Twitter, doing a lot on Twitter. And but I one of the things I used to love doing is taking a troll, somebody yelling at me and just saying, look, I don't agree with what you're saying, but I love you. Never let you pull me so low as to hate you or I'd say something nice. This guy vehemently attacked me.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1028: Cory Booker: A National Crisis and a Global Crisis

I said back saying, hey, respect your right to your own opinion. I wish you the best that I just something really nice back to him. I'm walking through my front office and they say my staff loves. No, no. I'd love to take the phones when they're taking constituent calls. People won't expect to get their senator. And my staff said, you want to take this? And I got on the phone.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1028: Cory Booker: A National Crisis and a Global Crisis

I said back saying, hey, respect your right to your own opinion. I wish you the best that I just something really nice back to him. I'm walking through my front office and they say my staff loves. No, no. I'd love to take the phones when they're taking constituent calls. People won't expect to get their senator. And my staff said, you want to take this? And I got on the phone.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1028: Cory Booker: A National Crisis and a Global Crisis

I said back saying, hey, respect your right to your own opinion. I wish you the best that I just something really nice back to him. I'm walking through my front office and they say my staff loves. No, no. I'd love to take the phones when they're taking constituent calls. People won't expect to get their senator. And my staff said, you want to take this? And I got on the phone.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1028: Cory Booker: A National Crisis and a Global Crisis

It was this guy saying, is this Cory Booker? He goes, I tweeted at you. And I remembered his mean tweet. And my daughter saw your response. And I was calling to apologize. I don't agree with anything you say or do. But I want to apologize for how I spoke to you. And I said, sir, your daughter sounds like she's better than both of us. And I'm so grateful for the apology and for your service.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1028: Cory Booker: A National Crisis and a Global Crisis

It was this guy saying, is this Cory Booker? He goes, I tweeted at you. And I remembered his mean tweet. And my daughter saw your response. And I was calling to apologize. I don't agree with anything you say or do. But I want to apologize for how I spoke to you. And I said, sir, your daughter sounds like she's better than both of us. And I'm so grateful for the apology and for your service.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1028: Cory Booker: A National Crisis and a Global Crisis

It was this guy saying, is this Cory Booker? He goes, I tweeted at you. And I remembered his mean tweet. And my daughter saw your response. And I was calling to apologize. I don't agree with anything you say or do. But I want to apologize for how I spoke to you. And I said, sir, your daughter sounds like she's better than both of us. And I'm so grateful for the apology and for your service.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1028: Cory Booker: A National Crisis and a Global Crisis

He was a veteran. And I said, but now can I challenge you on one thing, if you'll be so generous, that we don't agree on anything. And then I started just telling him all the stuff that we were doing for New Jersey veterans. And he said to me, I didn't know any of that. And before you know it, we have a really great constructive conversation.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1028: Cory Booker: A National Crisis and a Global Crisis

He was a veteran. And I said, but now can I challenge you on one thing, if you'll be so generous, that we don't agree on anything. And then I started just telling him all the stuff that we were doing for New Jersey veterans. And he said to me, I didn't know any of that. And before you know it, we have a really great constructive conversation.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1028: Cory Booker: A National Crisis and a Global Crisis

He was a veteran. And I said, but now can I challenge you on one thing, if you'll be so generous, that we don't agree on anything. And then I started just telling him all the stuff that we were doing for New Jersey veterans. And he said to me, I didn't know any of that. And before you know it, we have a really great constructive conversation.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1028: Cory Booker: A National Crisis and a Global Crisis

And so that to me was one of my favorite moments because living behind our Twitter feeds and just hurling things at each other, just widen the distance and undermine the truth in America is that we do share a lot of common ground and common cause. And these attentions machines competing for our eyes are

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1028: Cory Booker: A National Crisis and a Global Crisis

And so that to me was one of my favorite moments because living behind our Twitter feeds and just hurling things at each other, just widen the distance and undermine the truth in America is that we do share a lot of common ground and common cause. And these attentions machines competing for our eyes are

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1028: Cory Booker: A National Crisis and a Global Crisis

And so that to me was one of my favorite moments because living behind our Twitter feeds and just hurling things at each other, just widen the distance and undermine the truth in America is that we do share a lot of common ground and common cause. And these attentions machines competing for our eyes are

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1028: Cory Booker: A National Crisis and a Global Crisis

Their corporate models are highlighting our differences and really creating outrage machines, telling us that we're morally superior than the other side. I tell the story all the time about Van Jones going on what was it called? Crossfire and sitting with Newt Gingrich. And Brene Brown has this wonderful thing where she says it's hard to hate up close. So pull people in.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1028: Cory Booker: A National Crisis and a Global Crisis

Their corporate models are highlighting our differences and really creating outrage machines, telling us that we're morally superior than the other side. I tell the story all the time about Van Jones going on what was it called? Crossfire and sitting with Newt Gingrich. And Brene Brown has this wonderful thing where she says it's hard to hate up close. So pull people in.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1028: Cory Booker: A National Crisis and a Global Crisis

Their corporate models are highlighting our differences and really creating outrage machines, telling us that we're morally superior than the other side. I tell the story all the time about Van Jones going on what was it called? Crossfire and sitting with Newt Gingrich. And Brene Brown has this wonderful thing where she says it's hard to hate up close. So pull people in.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1028: Cory Booker: A National Crisis and a Global Crisis

And the two of them got together. They don't agree on a lot, but they agree on some things and they realize they like each other. And they go to the producers and say, hey, let's do a final segment and call it ceasefire and talk about where we agree. And Republicans, Democrats agree. Producers let them do it. But then they stopped them after a handful of shows and said, you can't do this anymore.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1028: Cory Booker: A National Crisis and a Global Crisis

And the two of them got together. They don't agree on a lot, but they agree on some things and they realize they like each other. And they go to the producers and say, hey, let's do a final segment and call it ceasefire and talk about where we agree. And Republicans, Democrats agree. Producers let them do it. But then they stopped them after a handful of shows and said, you can't do this anymore.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1028: Cory Booker: A National Crisis and a Global Crisis

And the two of them got together. They don't agree on a lot, but they agree on some things and they realize they like each other. And they go to the producers and say, hey, let's do a final segment and call it ceasefire and talk about where we agree. And Republicans, Democrats agree. Producers let them do it. But then they stopped them after a handful of shows and said, you can't do this anymore.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1028: Cory Booker: A National Crisis and a Global Crisis

Ratings are going down. The corporate model does not work. People are turning off ceasefire. Yeah, turning off ceasefire. Cook it over. Okay, I want Fox instead. Yeah. So, I mean, that's the problem we have is we all have to work through this. People who only know me through Republican lenses have a certain opinion of me. And I've met these folks in airports, at restaurants.