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Cory Booker

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The New Yorker Radio Hour
Cory Booker: “America Needs Moral Leadership, and Not Political Leadership”

And I may face some backlash for this, but when they look back at this moment in history, I'm going to be one of those leaders in our country, whatever the sector is, from the faith community to the business community to the nonprofit community to the foundation community. When are more Americans going to speak up?

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Cory Booker: “America Needs Moral Leadership, and Not Political Leadership”

And I may face some backlash for this, but when they look back at this moment in history, I'm going to be one of those leaders in our country, whatever the sector is, from the faith community to the business community to the nonprofit community to the foundation community. When are more Americans going to speak up?

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Cory Booker: “America Needs Moral Leadership, and Not Political Leadership”

And we've seen this before in too many countries where there's been democratic backsliding. And then worse cases from history of my grandparents' generation is that when good people are silent, that's when bad things and bad people flourish. And Donald Trump is trying to intimidate people. He's trying to threaten people.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Cory Booker: “America Needs Moral Leadership, and Not Political Leadership”

And we've seen this before in too many countries where there's been democratic backsliding. And then worse cases from history of my grandparents' generation is that when good people are silent, that's when bad things and bad people flourish. And Donald Trump is trying to intimidate people. He's trying to threaten people.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Cory Booker: “America Needs Moral Leadership, and Not Political Leadership”

And we've seen this before in too many countries where there's been democratic backsliding. And then worse cases from history of my grandparents' generation is that when good people are silent, that's when bad things and bad people flourish. And Donald Trump is trying to intimidate people. He's trying to threaten people.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Cory Booker: “America Needs Moral Leadership, and Not Political Leadership”

And too many people are allowing him to continue because they're thinking of what is in their own personal financial well-being and not what is in the well-being of our democracy. And it frustrates me. And now at a moment where you have to choose between the kind of gains that you've had, the financial comfort and security, or are you going to choose the well-being of your economy?

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Cory Booker: “America Needs Moral Leadership, and Not Political Leadership”

And too many people are allowing him to continue because they're thinking of what is in their own personal financial well-being and not what is in the well-being of our democracy. And it frustrates me. And now at a moment where you have to choose between the kind of gains that you've had, the financial comfort and security, or are you going to choose the well-being of your economy?

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Cory Booker: “America Needs Moral Leadership, and Not Political Leadership”

And too many people are allowing him to continue because they're thinking of what is in their own personal financial well-being and not what is in the well-being of our democracy. And it frustrates me. And now at a moment where you have to choose between the kind of gains that you've had, the financial comfort and security, or are you going to choose the well-being of your economy?

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Cory Booker: “America Needs Moral Leadership, and Not Political Leadership”

Are you going to choose to stand up for those vulnerable people? who are right now in the crosshairs, the sick who are going to be losing Medicaid, the hungry that are going to be losing food stamps, the disabled who are going to be losing the support they get from programs like Medicaid.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Cory Booker: “America Needs Moral Leadership, and Not Political Leadership”

Are you going to choose to stand up for those vulnerable people? who are right now in the crosshairs, the sick who are going to be losing Medicaid, the hungry that are going to be losing food stamps, the disabled who are going to be losing the support they get from programs like Medicaid.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Cory Booker: “America Needs Moral Leadership, and Not Political Leadership”

Are you going to choose to stand up for those vulnerable people? who are right now in the crosshairs, the sick who are going to be losing Medicaid, the hungry that are going to be losing food stamps, the disabled who are going to be losing the support they get from programs like Medicaid.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Cory Booker: “America Needs Moral Leadership, and Not Political Leadership”

At the time when this country's very constitutional principles are being eroded, where Supreme Court decisions 9-0, Supreme Court decisions are being violated, where a president is not asking what your country can do for you, what you can do for your country, is asking very pointedly, ask what you can do for me. What have you done for Donald Trump?

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Cory Booker: “America Needs Moral Leadership, and Not Political Leadership”

At the time when this country's very constitutional principles are being eroded, where Supreme Court decisions 9-0, Supreme Court decisions are being violated, where a president is not asking what your country can do for you, what you can do for your country, is asking very pointedly, ask what you can do for me. What have you done for Donald Trump?

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Cory Booker: “America Needs Moral Leadership, and Not Political Leadership”

At the time when this country's very constitutional principles are being eroded, where Supreme Court decisions 9-0, Supreme Court decisions are being violated, where a president is not asking what your country can do for you, what you can do for your country, is asking very pointedly, ask what you can do for me. What have you done for Donald Trump?

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Cory Booker: “America Needs Moral Leadership, and Not Political Leadership”

Look, I've served in this institution now for 12-plus years. The fact that we're not holding oversight hearings, not even questioning what Elon Musk is doing when he was under investigation by multiple government agencies – and has eviscerated those investigations.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Cory Booker: “America Needs Moral Leadership, and Not Political Leadership”

Look, I've served in this institution now for 12-plus years. The fact that we're not holding oversight hearings, not even questioning what Elon Musk is doing when he was under investigation by multiple government agencies – and has eviscerated those investigations.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Cory Booker: “America Needs Moral Leadership, and Not Political Leadership”

Look, I've served in this institution now for 12-plus years. The fact that we're not holding oversight hearings, not even questioning what Elon Musk is doing when he was under investigation by multiple government agencies – and has eviscerated those investigations.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Cory Booker: “America Needs Moral Leadership, and Not Political Leadership”

He is scraping Americans' data, Social Security data, with no accountability, no questioning, not one hearing, where there was a violation of all of our ideals of what should be national security protocols by using Signal. We're just finding out about another set of violations, that this might be a pattern in practice. And again, not one oversight hearing. Congress has laid down

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Cory Booker: “America Needs Moral Leadership, and Not Political Leadership”

He is scraping Americans' data, Social Security data, with no accountability, no questioning, not one hearing, where there was a violation of all of our ideals of what should be national security protocols by using Signal. We're just finding out about another set of violations, that this might be a pattern in practice. And again, not one oversight hearing. Congress has laid down

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Cory Booker: “America Needs Moral Leadership, and Not Political Leadership”

He is scraping Americans' data, Social Security data, with no accountability, no questioning, not one hearing, where there was a violation of all of our ideals of what should be national security protocols by using Signal. We're just finding out about another set of violations, that this might be a pattern in practice. And again, not one oversight hearing. Congress has laid down