• ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    No shit it was. He wants to run for president and he knows that stunt will make headlines but this will be buried in comments where the headline is “16 democrats vote for trump nominee” (aka exactly what is happening here)

    Booker is classic neoliberal, no ethics or morals, guided by money and power. 10-15 years ago he was deeply in the pocket of the pharmaceutical industry because they are huge in NJ. Then his aspirations went higher and he realized that association was harmful, at that point he had connections that made him no longer reliant on their cash, so he shed them. It’s not growth, it’s a calculated move

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      2 days ago

      I recall that he was also in favor of charter schools, which made him non-viable for me years ago.

      I hoped that maybe he had a real change of heart last month, but I guess that was just a publicity stunt.

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      3 days ago

      I had hoped he was going for redemption. Feckless moron doesn’t have a snowballs chance in hell of being president