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Slack.com slash DHQ. Senator Cory Booker says he's Spartacus because he released some

emails at the Brett Kavanaugh hearings. This is about the closest I'll probably ever

have in my life to an I am Spartacus moment. Fact check. Is Cory Booker Spartacus? Let's

find out. First, we have to determine what the Senator meant by comparing himself to

the Thracian Gladiator who led a slave revolt against ancient Rome around 73 years before

Christ. Was Booker comparing himself to the Spartacus from the pornographic stars TV series?

In which case, he was trying to tell us he felt like an aristocrats naughty daughter

having graphic sex with a muscular Gladiator. Man, I love that show. Oh, or was he referring

to the famous scene in the 1960 Kirk Douglas movie? In that scene, the Romans offered to

spare the lives of the rebellious slaves if they'll turn over their leader Spartacus.

Instead, the slave start yelling, I'm Spartacus to protect their guy. I'm Spartacus. I'm Spartacus.

I'm Spartacus. I'm Spartacus. I'm Spartacus. I'm Spartacus. I'm Spartacus. I'm Spartacus.

The Romans then politely acknowledge the nobility and courage of the upstart Gladiators by

crucifying a lot of them. Booker compared himself to those brave Gladiators after he dared

the Senate to strip him of his office for revealing classified emails that Supreme Court

nominee Brett Kavanaugh wrote on the controversial subject of racial profiling. But it turned out

the emails had been cleared for release hours before and Corey knew it. Plus, they revealed

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