One-on-One With Cory Booker

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

New York Times Opinion

New York Times, Journalism, News, Society & Culture, Ross Douthat

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🗓️ 26 June 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Cory Booker has executive experience, bipartisan bona fides and a raft of ambitious policy goals. So why is he running in the middle of the 2020 Democratic pack — and how does he plan to distinguish himself? David Leonhardt sits down with the senator from New Jersey to discuss his plans to tackle America’s housing crisis, the racial wealth gap, gun violence and more. Then Ross Douthat and Michelle Goldberg join David to debate Booker’s candidacy. For background reading on this episode, visit nytimes.com/theargument.

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0:00.0	I'm Michelle Goldberg.
0:01.0	I'm Ross Douthit.
0:02.2	I'm David Lee and Hart.
0:03.6	And this is the argument.
0:06.1	This week, I sit down with Senator Cory Booker,
0:09.0	the 2020 presidential candidate.
0:10.9	And so you want to know one of the reasons why we're
0:12.4	going to win is because I'm going to bring a fight
0:14.4	as president of the United States
0:15.2	like they have never, ever imagined possible.
0:18.4	Then Ross, Michelle and I talk about his candidacy
0:21.5	and the state of the Democratic race.
0:23.4	And I think there's a narrative that he can offer
0:25.4	that is an interesting counterpoint to Obama, right?
0:28.0	And finally, a recommendation.
0:30.2	They will give you as many flavors as you want in a small.
0:37.8	Cory Booker became famous as the mayor of Newark,
0:40.2	and he's now a senator from the state of New Jersey.
0:42.7	He's also running for president.
0:44.5	Based on his experience and the early polls,
0:46.6	he's considered to be in the top tier
0:48.4	of about seven or eight candidates
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