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00:00:00RADIO SAYING "I'M OK.
00:00:01MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS IS AN
00:00:05ATTEMPT TO TARGET POLITICAL ENEMIES AND WEAPONIZE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
00:00:07FOR 10 YEARS, COMPASS TARGETED ME WITH BASELESS LIES AND SMEAR
00:00:13CAMPAIGNS. THIS IS JUST THE LATEST ESCALATION IN HIS CAMPAIGN OF POLITICAL INTIMIDATION. I WILL NOT BE SILENCED."
00:00:18THE CONGRESSWOMAN WAS BORN IN SOMALIA AND FLED TO THE UNITED STATES AS A TEENAGER AND LATER
00:00:22GAIN HER CITIZENSHIP. SHE WAS FIRST ELECTED TO
00:00:24CONGRESS IN 2018 AND HAS BEEN UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE TRUMP
00:00:29ADMINISTRATION AND OTHERS TO REVEAL HER FINANCES. WE WILL UPDATE THIS STORY AS WE
00:00:32GET FURTHER DETAILS.
00:00:35>> LATER TODAY, UTAH'S
00:00:40REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR SPENCER COX SITS DOWN FOR A CONVERSATION WITH FORMER OBAMA SENIOR ADVISER DAVID AXELROD.
00:00:44THE DISCUSSION, WHICH WILL
00:00:46PROMOTE CIVIL DISAGREEMENT, WILL FOCUS ON THE POLITICAL CULTURE
00:00:49IN POST-TRUMP AMERICA.
00:00:52WATCH LIVE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AT 6:30 P.M. EASTERN
00:00:54ON C-SPAN, C-SPAN NOW, OUR FREE
00:00:57MOBILE APP, OR ONLINE AT C-SPAN.ORG.
00:01:04>> AS WE CONTINUE ON THE
00:01:08CAMPAIGN 2026 TRAIL, WE HEAD TO
00:01:12TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, FOR A DEBATE WITH U.S. SENATE CANDIDATES CAN INCOME IN CORY
00:01:16BOOKER, AND IS REPUBLICAN
00:01:19OPPONENT, JUSTIN MURPHY, FACING
00:01:23OFF IN A DEBATE HOSTED BY THE NEW JERSEY GLOBE.
00:01:26>> WE ARE GOING TO START WITH OPENING STATEMENTS, 90 SECONDS.
00:01:30MR. MURPHY, START WITH YOU.
00:01:32MR. MURPHY: GOOD EVENING.
00:01:35DAVID, MICAH, THANK YOU.
00:01:37SENATOR BOOKER, THANK YOU FOR
00:01:40COMING, RIDER UNIVERSITY, AND
00:01:44THE STAFF WHO HAS PUT TOGETHER A WONDERFUL EVENT FOR US TONIGHT.
00:01:46WE ARE BOTH COMPETING FOR A U.S. SENATE SEAT IN WHAT I BELIEVE I
00:01:50THE MOST IMPORTANT MIDTERM ELECTIONS FACING AMERICA IN MY GENERATION.
00:01:56THERE IS AN AMERICAN OUT THERE THAT WE ALL CAN BUILD TOGETHER AND BELIEVE IN AND WORK TOGETHER
00:01:59AND FILL TOGETHER.
00:02:03IT'S WHAT'S REPRESENTED BY MY CAMPAIGN. I AM HONORED TO BE THE
00:02:05REPUBLICAN PARTY'S NOMINEE.
00:02:08I'M ASKING YOU TO DO SOMETHING
00:02:10YOU HAVE NOT DONE SINCE 1972, SEND A REPUBLICAN TO SERVE IN
00:02:14THE UNITED STATES SENATE. IT'S BEEN TOO LONG, IN MY OPINION.
00:02:17SOME OF YOU MAY THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING, AND I'M SURE CORY DOES.
00:02:21BUT I THINK WE NEED TO CHANGE. I THINK WE NEED FRESH AIR.
00:02:24AMERICA DESPERATELY NEEDS A NEW GENERATION OF AMERICANS SERVING
00:02:28IN WASHINGTON. NEW JERSEY NEEDS A NEW DAY IN ITS POLITICS.
00:02:32AND THE MIDDLE AND WORKING CLASSES OF NEW JERSEY NEED A NEW
00:02:35VOICE IN WASHINGTON, AND THAT IS WHAT MY CAMPAIGN AND CANDIDACY
00:02:39IS BASED ON AND REPRESENTS. AS A YOUNG MAN, I WAS RAISED BY
00:02:41SINGLE MOTHER, RAISED CATHOLIC,
00:02:44AND AGE 79 LISTED IN THE U.S.
00:02:45NAVY -- 17 I ENLISTED IN
00:02:49THE U.S. NAVY. TODAY WE ARE GOING TO LAY OUT TWO VERY DIFFERENT VISIONS FOR
00:02:53THIS COUNTRY. YOU WILL TAKE INTO THE VOTING BOOTH WITH YOU A GRAVE
00:02:58RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE WHAT TOMORROW LOOKS LIKE IN AMERICA IS DIRECTLY DEPENDENT ON HOW YOU
00:03:01VOTE THIS NOVEMBER 3. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
00:03:04>> THANK YOU. SENATOR BOOKER.
00:03:08SEN. BOOKER: SO I WANT TO THANK
00:03:11THE NEW JERSEY GLOBE AND RIDER UNIVERSITY.
00:03:15I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING TONIGHT. I WANT TO THANK MEMBERS OF MY
00:03:18STANDARD STAFF, WHO ARE EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC--SENATE
00:03:23STAFF, WHO ARE EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC SERVANT TO WAKE UP EVERYDAY FOR NOT GREAT PAY.
00:03:26I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE.
00:03:29IT'S EXTRAORDINARY SHE IS HERE, AND SHE HAS TRANSFORMED MY LIFE, AND I'M GRATEFUL.
00:03:33MOSTLY I WANT TO THANK NEW JERSEY.
00:03:36THIS IS THE END OF MY SIX-YEAR
00:03:39TERM, MY LAST SIX-YEAR TERM AS YOUR SENATOR.
00:03:43IT HAS BEEN THE GREATEST PRIVILEGE OF MY LIFE TO BE NEW
00:03:46JERSEY'S REPRESENTATIVE IN WASHINGTON AND AROUND OUR STATE. THIS LAST SIX-YEAR TEST HAS SET
00:03:50A RECORD FOR NEW JERSEY. NEVER HAS THERE BEEN A SIX-YEAR
00:03:54PERIOD WHERE A SENATOR DURING THE TERM IS BROUGHT MORE MONEY
00:03:57BACK TO THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. 250 YEARS, WE SET THE RECORD.
00:04:02AND IT'S BECAUSE I WORK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. I BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO GET THINGS DONE AND DELIVER FOR THE
00:04:06STATE. BUT THIS IS THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
00:04:09WE HAVE A RECKLESS PRESIDENT WHO'S OUT OF CONTROL.
00:04:13A PRESIDENT WHO IS CHAOTIC AND
00:04:16CRUEL AND HAS ATTACKED OUR STATE, FROM THROWING HUNDREDS OF
00:04:20THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OFF THEIR HEALTH CARE TO THE TARIFFS THAT
00:04:24HAVE DRIVEN UP OUR COSTS IN A WAR IN IRAN THAT HAS MADE OUR
00:04:27NATION PAY AT THE PUMP, AS WELL
00:04:30AS THE PRICE OF THE LIVES OF OUR SOLDIERS.
00:04:33WE ARE IN A CRISIS RIGHT NOW OF AFFORDABILITY, AND BETWEEN $4000
00:04:38AND $5,000 HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE
00:04:40AVERAGE NEW JERSEYAN'S COST-OF-LIVING.
00:04:44WE MUST CONTINUE TO FIGHT AGAINST THIS PRESIDENT, NOT HAVE
00:04:47REPUBLICAN PARTY CONTINUE ENABLING HIM IN WHAT HE IS DOING. >> THANK YOU.
00:04:51WE ARE GOING TO START RIGHT WITH THE QUESTIONS. SENATOR BOOKER, FIRST ONE IS FOR
00:04:55YOU. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY DIRECTLY TO
00:04:58DONALD TRUMP ABOUT HIS PROMISE
00:05:02TO MAKE LIFE MORE AFFORDABLE?
00:05:04AND HAVE ANY OF HIS DECISIONS MADE NEW JERSEY MORE AFFORDABLE?
00:05:07SEN. BOOKER: WELL, THE PRESIDENT
00:05:09HAS LIED, AND I'VE SAID THAT TO HIM OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
00:05:14HE PROMISED HE WOULDN'T GET US INTO FOREIGN WARS. WE ARE IN A FOREIGN WAR RIGHT
00:05:17NOW WITH NO STRATEGY, IN AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL MANNER.
00:05:23HE SAID HE WOULD BRING DOWN COSTS. WELL, COSTS ACROSS THE BOARD
00:05:25HAVE GONE UP, BETWEEN $4000 AND
00:05:29$5,000 FOR THE AVERAGE FAMILY, BUT OTHER FAMILIES HAVE SEEN HEALTH-CARE COSTS GO UP AND
00:05:33SKYROCKET. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT RELY ON THE
00:05:36COSTS BEING OUT OF FUEL, THEY ARE PAYING HIGHER AND HIGHER PRICES.
00:05:41THIS IS A PRESIDENT THAT HAS LIED TO US EVEN ON IMMIGRATION
00:05:45POLICIES, WHERE HE SAID HE WOULD GO AFTER THE WORST OF THE WORST. INSTEAD, WHAT HE HAS BEEN DOING
00:05:49IS HE HAS BEEN ROUNDING UP PEOPLE IN OUR STATE, AROUND OUR
00:05:53SCHOOLS, AROUND OUR CHURCHES, PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMMITTED NO
00:05:56CRIMES AND MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY FOR
00:05:59DECADES, HAVE AMERICAN FAMILIES, CHILDREN, AND EVEN GRAND CHILDREN.
00:06:04PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOT KEPT HIS PROMISES, AND THAT IS WHY HIS APPROVAL RATING IS IN THE TRASH HERE.
00:06:08WHAT'S WORSE, WHAT'S WORSE IS MY
00:06:11REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE ENABLED HIM TO DO THESE THINGS,
00:06:13WHO HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDING
00:06:17CHECKS OR BALANCES, HAVE NOT BEEN DEMANDING TRANSPARENCY.
00:06:21THE IRONY FOR ME, WHO HAS
00:06:22FRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE, IS IN PRIVATE MY REPUBLICAN SENATE
00:06:26COLLEGE WILL CRITICIZE EVERYTHING FROM HIS BALLROOMS TO THIS DISASTROUS WAR.
00:06:30BUT THEY ARE NOT STEPPING UP TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
00:06:33WE DON'T NEED TO ADD TO THE PARTY THAT IS FAILING AND
00:06:35ENABLING THIS PRESIDENT TO HURT OUR STATE.
00:06:39WE NEED SOMEBODY WHO WILL GO UP THERE AND STAND UP TO HIM AND FIGHT HIM TO END THE SUFFERING
00:06:42OF NEW JERSEYANS. >> THANK YOU.
00:06:46MR. MURPHY. [APPLAUSE]
00:06:47MR. MURPHY: ON AFFORDABILITY, IT
00:06:53WAS NOT TOO LONG AGO THAT YOU PAID FIVE DOLLARS FOR A GALLON OF GASOLINE IN 2022. TODAY THAT IS ALMOST A DOLLAR
00:06:56CHEAPER, AND FALLING. JOE BIDEN GAVE US 8% INTEREST
00:07:01RATES, CHOKING OFF THE HOMEOWNERSHIP DREAMS OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. TODAY THAT INTEREST RATE IS DOWN
00:07:05A FULL POINT, BETWEEN 6% AND 7%.
00:07:08IN AMERICA TODAY, WE HAVE THE
00:07:11HIGHEST MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN AMERICAN HISTORY. WE HAVE A SECURE BORDER.
00:07:14WE HAVE DECLINING CRIME RATES ACROSS AMERICA.
00:07:16WE HAVE DECLINING FENTANYL DEATH RATES ACROSS AMERICA.
00:07:19WE HAVE A MANUFACTURING
00:07:21RESURGENCE ACROSS AMERICA, AND A
00:07:24PRODUCTIVITY AND INVESTMENT BOOM
00:07:26THAT FUELS AND MATCHES THAT MANUFACTURING RESURGENCE.
00:07:30WE HAVE A STOCK MARKET THAT HAS SET RECORD HIGHS ON 82 SEPARATE DAYS THIS YEAR.
00:07:34AND THAT'S GREAT FOR WALL STREET, BUT IT'S EVEN BETTER FOR
00:07:37MAIN STREET, BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS THAT HAVE
00:07:41A MORE FINANCIALLY SECURE
00:07:42RETIREMENT BECAUSE OF AN INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF THEIR 401(K).
00:07:47YOU HAD A 9% INTEREST RATE UNDER JOE BIDEN. TODAY IT IS DOWN TO 3.4 AND
00:07:51FALLING. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS OFFERING
00:07:54A BETTER VISION OF TOMORROW, ONE THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE AMERICAN DREAM WILL BE THERE
00:07:57FOR THEM. AND WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT BECAUSE WE ARE LIVING FOR TODAY
00:08:01--LIVING THROUGH IT TODAY. EVERYTHING I MENTIONED IS HAPPENING TODAY.
00:08:06DECLINING CRIME RATES,, A SECURE
00:08:10BORDER NO ILLEGAL CROSSINGS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER. WE HAVE THE LOWEST POVERTY RATE
00:08:13IN AMERICAN HISTORY, THE LOWEST CHILD POVERTY RATE IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
00:08:17FOLKS, YOU DON'T DO THAT IF YOU ARE INEPT AND CLUELESS. WE HAVE POLICIES THAT ARE WORKING.
00:08:22THE MANUFACTURING RESURGENCE,
00:08:24ALL OF THESE STATISTICS,
00:08:27SOMEONE'S MIDDLE CLASS DREAM, SOMEONE'S AMERICAN DREAM.
00:08:31THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MR. MURPHY, YOU HAVE MANAGED
00:08:34TO RAISE 1/10 OF A PERCENT OF
00:08:38YOUR OPPONENT'S CAMPAIGN WAR CHEST.
00:08:42WHAT DOES THAT SAY, IF ANYTHING, ABOUT THE WAY WE FINANCE
00:08:46CAMPAIGNS, AND IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO DO IT, IN YOUR ESTIMATION?
00:08:49MR. MURPHY: A COUPLE THINGS.
00:08:53THE ALMIGHTY CREATOR GOD HAS MADE CURRENCY ALLERGIC TO ME BECAUSE IT HAS AVOIDED
00:08:58ME EVERYTHING I DO WHEN I. [LAUGHTER]
00:08:59I DON'T BEGRUDGE CORY FOR HAVING
00:09:03$35 MILLION. I JUST ASK FOR TRANSPARENCY IT WHERE IT CAME FROM.
00:09:08I'VE RAISED VERY LITTLE MONEY -- NO, I'M SERIOUS.
00:09:13STARTING FROM THE? I TOLD MY
00:09:16TEAM--STARTING FROM THE GET-GO, I TOLD MY TEAM AND STAFF WE ARE NOT GOING TO ANDRES CORY BOOKER.
00:09:20WE WILL OUTWORK HIM, BUT WE WILL NOT RAISE HIM.
00:09:23WE ALWAYS TRY TO RAISE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
00:09:27I THINK I'VE TAKEN MONEY FROM ONE OR TWO PAC'S.
00:09:31FIND A PRO-LIFE CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE. AND I HAVE PAC FROM THE NEW
00:09:35JERSEY PUBLIC AND WOMEN. I LOVE THOSE GIRLS.
00:09:38OTHER THAN THAT, ALL SMALL DONOR.
00:09:41WE ARE OUTNUMBERED IN THE STATE. THERE IS 900,000 MORE REGISTERED
00:09:45DEMOCRATS THAN REPUBLICANS. BUT I KNOW I CAN STILL WIN,
00:09:49BECAUSE NEW JERSEY'S REPUBLICAN PARTY IS ALIVE AND STRONG AND
00:09:53GROWING. WE WILL TAKE INTO THE NOVEMBER 3
00:09:56ELECTION 1.7 MILLION REGISTERED REPUBLICANS, THE MOST IN THE HISTORY OF OUR STATE, HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.
00:10:03DONALD TRUMP TAKING ALMOST 2 MILLION VOTES OUT OF HERE IN 2024, THE MOST ANY REPUBLICAN
00:10:07PRESIDENT OR CANDIDATE HAS TAKEN OUT OF NEW JERSEY IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA.
00:10:11IT IS ABOUT PASSION, VISION, IDEAS.
00:10:13I WILL NOT BE OUTWORKED, AND I
00:10:15DO NOT BEGRUDGE CORY FOR BEING AN AGGRESSIVE FUNDRAISER.
00:10:19WHERE IS THE MONEY COMING FROM AND HOW MUCH OF IT CAME ABOUT THAT NEW JERSEY IS WHAT I WANT
00:10:22TO KNOW --FROM OUTSIDE NEW
00:10:26JERSEY IS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW. >>
00:10:29>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS USED
00:10:32TAXPAYER MONEY FOR CAMPAIGN FUNDING.
00:10:38IS THIS SOMETHING CONGRESS NEEDS TO ADDRESS? IF SO HOW WOULD YOU DO THAT
00:10:42BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT WOULD PRESUMABLY VETO.
00:10:43SEN. BOOKER: WE HAVE A PRESIDENT
00:10:47THAT HAS BEEN ABUSING AND DRIFTING OFF OF HIS OFFICE AND
00:10:50AWAY WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, MADE OVER $2 BILLION SINCE HE
00:10:54HAS BEEN IN OFFICE AND RAISED UNGODLY AMOUNTS OF MONEY BY
00:10:57DOING THINGS LIKE SELLING BIBLES AND OTHER TCHOTCHKES.
00:11:03THE CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT HAS GONE TO HIM.
00:11:05HE HAS ESTABLISHED WHAT IS TO ME ONE OF THE GREAT URGENCIES IN
00:11:09AMERICA WHICH IS TO END
00:11:13CORRUPTION IN ALL THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT.
00:11:18HE DOES FOREIGN POLICY DEALS AT THE SAME TIME HE IS PURSUING
00:11:21REAL ESTATE DEALS
00:11:22AND HAWKING HIS CRYPTO COINS TO FOREIGN NATIONALS THAT ARE BUYING THEM.
00:11:26LET ME GIVE YOU MY VIEW OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO. I DON'T JUST TALK ABOUT CHANGE.
00:11:28I LEAD IT. I'M THE ONLY PERSON IN ALL OF
00:11:32CONGRESS WHO DOES NOT TAKE
00:11:35CORPORATE PAC MONEY.
00:11:38DOES NOT TAKE LOBBYIST MONEY, I
00:11:41DO NOT THINK WE SHOULD HAVE PAC
00:11:44'S IN GOVERNMENT. MY AVERAGE CONTRIBUTION IS ABOUT $30.
00:11:47IT COMES FROM THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO ARE VOTING WITH THEIR DOLLARS FOR A CANDIDATE WILL FIGHT TO
00:11:51END CORRUPTION.
00:11:53I DO NOT TRADE STOCKS.
00:11:56WHICH PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE DO THEM A FURTHER MAKING OUR INSTITUTIONS
00:12:01CORRUPTED. WE NEED TO CLEAN UP WASHINGTON.
00:12:02I AM LEADING BY EXAMPLE.
00:12:06DEAR GOD, WE NEED TO STOP THIS PRESIDENT AND HIS SONS FROM
00:12:08USING THEIR OFFICE TO MAKE SO
00:12:11MUCH MONEY WITH FOREIGN LEADERS WHO DO NOT HAVE AMERICA'S
00:12:14INTERESTS FIRST.
00:12:17>> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR
00:12:20SENATOR BOOKER READ -- BOOKER. [APPLAUSE]
00:12:26I WILL SIDESTEP QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR FUTURE CAMPAIGN AND ASK
00:12:30INSTEAD WHETHER THE DISTINGUISHED INSTITUTION YOU
00:12:32SERVE HAS BECOME A REAL-LIFE WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S.
00:12:36HE RECENTLY TANGLED WITH CHUCK GRASSLEY, WHO IS 93.
00:12:39HE HAS HELD ELECTED OFFICE SINCE DWIGHT EISENHOWER WAS PRESIDENT.
00:12:46HE HAS GREAT GRANDCHILDREN OLDER THAN SOME OF MY STUDENTS HERE.
00:12:49AS HE BECOME TOO OLD, OUT OF TOUCH AND WHAT ARE YOU
00:12:53PERSONALLY PREPARED TO DO ABOUT THAT? SEN. BOOKER: THE JOKE IN THE
00:12:58SENATE IS THAT A GUY IN HIS 50'S
00:13:03CAN BE CONSIDERED A CHILD. WE HAVE A REAL PROBLEM IN ALL THREE BRANCHES OF THE
00:13:06GOVERNMENT WITH OCTOGENARIANS AND MORE.
00:13:10IN NO WAY DOES BEING 80 MEAN YOU
00:13:14CANNOT DO YOUR JOB BUT WE NEED NEW LEADERSHIP IN AMERICA.
00:13:17WE NEED NEW VOICES TO DEAL WITH NEW CHALLENGES. OUR SUPREME COURT IS A NIGHTMARE.
00:13:21THE ONLY COURT IN THE LAND, THE HIGHEST COURT IN THE LAND WITH
00:13:26THE LOWEST ETHICS LAWS AND PEOPLE WHO TRY TO HOLD ON YET TAKE UNLIMITED GIFTS
00:13:30FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE INTEREST BEFORE THE COURT. WE NEED TERM LIMITS ON THE SUPREME COURT.
00:13:35SOMETHING WE CAN DO WITHOUT PASSING A CONSTITUTIONAL
00:13:37AMENDMENT THAT WILL END THAT
00:13:40NIGHTMARE OF PEOPLE STAYING ON THANK GOD WE HAVE MORE
00:13:45COMPETITIVE SENATE ELECTIONS THAN BEFORE BECAUSE THAT BODY INDEED ALSO NEEDS NEW LEADERSHIP BUT IT ALSO NEEDS NEW
00:13:48ETHICS LAWS. WHICH ARE URGENT.
00:13:50I WILL TRY TO FIGHT FOR THOSE.
00:13:53-- I WILL TRY TO FIGHT TO GET BOTH PARTIES TO DO THAT. I HOPE THIS IS OUR LAST BABY
00:13:58BOOMER PRESIDENT.
00:13:59I HOPE WE HAVE YOUNG NEW LEADERSHIP BECAUSE RIGHT NOW
00:14:03WHETHER IT IS AI AND OUR INABILITY TO DEAL WITH
00:14:07TECHNOLOGY ALREADY PREYING ON
00:14:10OUR CHILDREN WITH CHATBOTS AND
00:14:11SENIORS WITH SCAMS, WE NEED NEW LEADERSHIP WILLING TO TAKE ON
00:14:15NEW CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY.
00:14:19MY FOCUS ON THE REASON I HAVE THE BOLDEST ANTICORRUPTION BILL
00:14:22IS TO USE ELECTIONS LIKE THIS I
00:14:23CAN SEE CANDIDATES ACROSS OUR
00:14:27COUNTRY JUMPING ON BOARD WITH MY COMMITMENTS AND ETHICS LAWS THAT
00:14:30WE CAN BEGIN TO REIN IN WHAT I
00:14:33THINK IS A CORRUPT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
00:14:34MR. MURPHY: ON THE QUESTION OF
00:14:38WHETHER OR NOT WHAT DONALD TRUMP ADVERTISED AND PAID FOR BY THE
00:14:42GOVERNMENT I DO DISAGREE WITH THAT. IT SHOULD COME FROM CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
00:14:45THE TAXPAYER SHOULD NOT HAVE
00:14:47PICKED UP THE TAB FOR THAT, I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
00:14:50AS FAR AS THE SENATE I'M SOMEONE , WHO OPPOSES TERM LIMITS AS A MATTER OF
00:14:53PHILOSOPHY. I BELIEVE NO ONE SHOULD TELL ANY
00:14:58AMERICAN WHO THEY SHOULD VOTE FOR AT ANY TIME EVER.
00:15:01WHEN I SEE SENIOR CITIZEN, AFTER
00:15:03CARING FOR MY MOTHER AND HOLDING
00:15:05HER IN MY ARMS WHEN SHE DIED, I CARED FOR HER FOR 10 YEARS.
00:15:09I VIEW SENIOR CITIZENS AS PEOPLE WHO BUILT THIS COUNTRY, WORKED
00:15:13IN OUR FACTORIES, SERVED IN OUR FORCES FOUGHT OUR COUNTRY'S WAR. , THEY HAD A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE
00:15:19AND WE SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. CAN YOU PHYSICALLY BECOME TOO OLD? I THINK WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH
00:15:22PRESIDENT BIDEN.
00:15:25I'M NOT HERE TO MAKE FUN OF
00:15:26THAT.
00:15:29I CARED FOR A SICK MOTHER, SHE
00:15:32WEIGHED 64 POUNDS OF THE TIME OF
00:15:35HER DEATH AND WAS BEDRIDDEN. I SAW JOE BIDEN IS A SAD FIGURE WHO NOT SHOULD HAVE BEEN WHERE
00:15:38HE WAS.
00:15:40NOT BECAUSE OF HIS AGE, BUT
00:15:44PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. WHEN I LOOK AT TERM LIMITS PHILOSOPHICALLY YOU
00:15:48,ARE IN A PRIVATE BALLOT POLLING STATION.
00:15:55WE HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE DONNING A
00:15:56MILITARY UNIFORM, GIVING THEIR
00:15:59LIFE FOR THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY. WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE TERM LIMITS. I OPPOSE THEM.
00:16:03WE ARE THE TERM LIMITS.
00:16:06WE THE PEOPLE, WE DECIDE WHO GOES, HOW LONG THEY STAY, WHEN THEY COME HOME.
00:16:10>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
00:16:14>> IT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF
00:16:17THOSE NIGHTS WE TAKE UP TIME FOR APPLAUSE. YOU ARE ALL BEING VERY QUIET SO
00:16:22I CANNOT BE THAT MAN. WHERE IS ANY PLACE IS DONALD
00:16:25TRUMP WRONG ON ISRAEL?
00:16:28WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY? EVEN IF IT MEANT VOTING AGAINST
00:16:31HIM EVERY MR. MURPHY: ON ANY ISSUE? >> ON ISRAEL.
00:16:35MR. MURPHY: ONE THING I WOULD
00:16:38SAY, REMEMBER WHAT WE OBSERVED YESTERDAY. IT WAS THE HORRENDOUS
00:16:42ANNIVERSARY OF OCTOBER 7.
00:16:43THE SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENT
00:16:46UNARMED CIVILIANS WERE TARGETED. IT WAS REPREHENSIBLE.
00:16:51PART OF HUMAN HISTORY. WE NEED TO ALL DO BETTER.
00:16:54THERE IS MUCH GOING ON IN THE
00:16:57MIDDLE EAST WE CANNOT FIT INTO A 90 SECOND ANSWER. IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION FROM A NUMBER OF SOURCES THAT IN THE
00:17:02WEST BANK THERE IS A LITTLE BIT
00:17:03OF TROUBLE.
00:17:08NOT IN THE GAZA STRIP AT THE WEST BANK WHERE SOME ISRAELI SETTLERS WHO
00:17:10WERE ABSOLUTELY A DEVIATION FROM THE ISRAELI CITIZEN.
00:17:14WHO I BELIEVE WANT PEACE. THEY ARE ATTACKING AND BURNING
00:17:16HOMES.
00:17:21THROUGHOUT THE WEST BANK. IT IS HORRIBLE, IT IS WRONG NO MATTER WHO DOES IT AND I WOULD
00:17:25LIKE THE PRESIDENT TO BE A LITTLE HARDER ON ISRAEL.
00:17:28TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT STOPS BECAUSE IT IS CONTAMINATING THE
00:17:33ENTIRE PROCESS TO GET THAT REGION STABILIZED. THAT IS ONE AREA WHERE I WOULD
00:17:37DISAGREE AND SAY WE NEED MORE SHOULDER AND THAT EFFORT. ANY OTHER ISSUE AS FAR AS
00:17:40ISRAEL, ISRAEL IS A GREAT ALLY OF OURS.
00:17:45I SUPPORT THEIR RIGHT TO EXIST. SOME PEOPLE DON'T. I THINK THAT IS UNFORTUNATE.
00:17:47THEY ARE GOOD ALLY OF OURS.
00:17:51WE HAVE SOMETIMES DIVERGENT ISSUES AND OBJECTIVES.
00:17:54WE WORK THROUGH THEM.
00:17:58I WOULD LOOK AT THE WEST BANK AS AN AREA THAT I WAS SCRUTINIZE A
00:18:01LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULTLY.
00:18:04>> SENATOR, SAME QUESTION. SEN. BOOKER: THERE IS ONE CLEAR, GLARING ISSUE THAT ALL PEOPLE OF
00:18:08NEW JERSEY ARE PAYING FOR. ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES
00:18:11DECIDED TO GO TO WAR WITH IRAN.
00:18:17THIS WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS
00:18:19ONE OF THE MOST COLOSSALLY
00:18:25STUPID THING A PRESIDENT HAS EVER DONE. HE SAID THIS WAR WOULD BE OVER IN A DAY OR A WEEK AND WE WERE GOING TO ACHIEVE SOME GRAND GOALS OF MAKING THAT REGIME
00:18:28FALL. AND THE PEOPLE RISE.
00:18:32HE HAD MULTIPLE DIFFERENT AMBITIONS. FROM NOT LETTING THEM AT A
00:18:36NUCLEAR WEAPON ALL THE WAY TO REGIME CHANGE.
00:18:39NONE OF THAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED.
00:18:41HE AND ISRAEL RUSHED INTO THIS
00:18:44WAR WITH NO CONCEIVABLE END GAME
00:18:48AND IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE. THE REGIME IS MORE EXTREME.
00:18:50WE HAVE LOST SOLDIERS.
00:18:52FAMILIES HAVE LOST LOVED ONES. ON TOP OF ALL OF THAT WE HAVE
00:18:56SPENT TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
00:19:01IT WILL BE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHEN WE SHOULD'VE BEEN USING THAT MONEY TO LOWER
00:19:06PEOPLE'S HEALTH CARE COSTS AND DEAL WITH OTHER CHALLENGES AT HOME.
00:19:10ADD TO THAT THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ NOW HAS BEEN HAS BEEN
00:19:15CLOSED EFFECTIVELY AND HAS JACKED UP OUR GAS PRICES IN NEW
00:19:17JERSEY AND ALL OF OUR COUNTRY.
00:19:21HURTING OUR BUSINESSES, FAMILIES, AMERICANS. THIS PRESIDENT IS A FOREIGN POLICY DISASTER.
00:19:27YOU HEAR IT FROM OUR REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES IN PRIVATE. BUT AGAIN THEY ARE NOT OFFERING
00:19:31ANY TYPE OF CHECK OR BALANCE OR STANDING UP FOR THE CONSTITUTION
00:19:34THAT SAYS THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT
00:19:37HAVE THE POWER TO DECLARE WAR, ONLY CONGRESS DOES. THIS IS WHY REPUBLICANS SHOULD
00:19:42NO LONGER BE IN THE MAJORITY IN WASHINGTON. THEY ARE LETTING THIS PRESIDENT DO WHATEVER HE WANTS AND IT IS
00:19:46HURTING AMERICANS. IT IS TURNING OUR STATE. [APPLAUSE]
00:19:50>> THANK YOU. SENATOR, WE WILL STICK WITH YOU.
00:19:56YOU ARE FOR THIS ONE TIME ONLY NOT ALLOWED TO DISAGREE WITH THE PREMISE OF MY QUESTION.
00:20:00SEN. BOOKER: OK. >> LET'S IMAGINE THAT DONALD
00:20:03TRUMP CALLS YOU LATE ONE NIGHT AND
00:20:05SAYS I WILL LET YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE WAR ON IRAN.
00:20:08I WILL DO ANYTHING YOU TELL ME TO DO. [LAUGHTER]
00:20:11WHAT DO YOU TELL HIM?
00:20:15SEN. BOOKER: YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A GUY CALLING ME FOR ADVICE?
00:20:19WHO HAS LITERALLY SAID I KNOW MORE THAN MY GENERALS.
00:20:22I KNOW MORE THAN ANYBODY.
00:20:26-- HE HAS LITERALLY SAID I KNOW MORE THAN ANYBODY.
00:20:28>> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE DISAGREEING WITH THE PREMISE OF
00:20:32MY QUESTION. SEN. BOOKER: I STILL REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME. I KNEW DONALD TRUMP FOR YEARS.
00:20:36WE IN NEW JERSEY KNEW HIM FOR YEARS BECAUSE HE BANKRUPTED OUR CASINOS. HE DID NOT PAY OUR SUBCONTRACTORS.
00:20:39HE RAN BUSINESS AFTER BUSINESS INTO THE GROUND.
00:20:43WE KNOW DONALD TRUMP. I KNEW HIM WELL. BUT THE FIRST TIME I WENT TO SEE HIM DURING THE PRESIDENCY WAS TO
00:20:47TALK TO HIM ABOUT THE TUNNEL PROJECT. THE BIGGEST INFRASTRUCTURE
00:20:50PROJECT IN THE COUNTRY. I'M PROUD TO HAVE BROUGHT BILLIONS BACK FOR THAT.
00:20:54WE SAT THERE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR.
00:20:59LITERALLY, HIS STAFFERS HAD TO
00:21:03JINGLE KEYS LIKE A CHILD TO GET
00:21:08HIM TO STAY ON TOPIC. I WALKED OUT OF THERE BROKEN HEARTED.
00:21:12MY REACTION WAS DEAR GOD, , FOREIGN LEADERS ARE GOING TO SEE THE IDIOCY THAT WE
00:21:15JUST WITNESSED. A MAN THAT IS THICK.
00:21:20WHO DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING. SUBSTANTIVE ABOUT THE SERIOUS
00:21:24JOB IN WHICH HE HOLDS. DO NOT TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. WHEN IT COMES TO FOREIGN POLICY,
00:21:26TAKE EVERY ONE OF THE LEADERS IN
00:21:29HIS FOREIGN POLICY CIRCLES IN HIS ADMINISTRATION.
00:21:34FIRST GENERAL MCMASTER, GENERAL KELLY, YOU CAN GO THROUGH ALL THE
00:21:38PEOPLE WHO SERVED WITH HIM AND WARNED US AS AMERICANS, DO NOT
00:21:41PUT THIS MAN BACK IN CHARGE.
00:21:45DISASTROUS THINGS WILL HURT OUR NATIONAL INTERESTS.
00:21:49GUESS WHAT, IT DID. HE INVADED IRAN AND NOW HE IS
00:21:51STUCK IN ANOTHER MIDDLE EAST QUAGMIRE COSTING US ALL.
00:21:54HE WILL NOT CALL ME BECAUSE HE
00:21:56IS AFRAID OF HEARING THE TRUTH.
00:21:58>> THANK YOU.
00:22:00[APPLAUSE]
00:22:10MR. MURPHY, SAY THE PRESIDENT
00:22:13CALLS YOU AND SAYS, I WILL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, WHAT DO I DO IN IRAN?
00:22:17WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER? MR. MURPHY: FINISH IT.
00:22:20FINISH THAT WAR IN A POSITIVE MANNER.
00:22:23WE CAN'T WAIT HALFWAY THROUGH AND DECIDE WE DO NOT WANT TO DO
00:22:25IT READ THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION A
00:22:28GUARD CORPS IS A RADICAL TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, PRODUCT
00:22:31OF THE IRANIAN PEOPLE IN THE PERSIAN PEOPLE OF THEIR HISTORY
00:22:34-- DEPRIVED THE PERSIAN PEOPLE OF A DECENT LIFE. THEY HAVE MURDERED, RAPED,
00:22:37TORTURED, ASSASSINATED. THEY HAVE PROMOTED TERRORISM
00:22:41THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ESPECIALLY , IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THEY ARE A CANCER ON HUMAN
00:22:43EXISTENCE. I REMEMBER AS A YOUNG BOY IN
00:22:47NOVEMBER OF 1979 WATCHING THE RADICAL
00:22:50ISLAMIC TERRORISTS STORM OVER THE
00:22:52WALLS OF OUR EMBASSY.
00:22:5552 AMERICANS WERE HELD FOR 444
00:22:58DAYS PER WOULD EVER SINCE THE IRGC HAS DONE NOTHING BUT
00:23:02EXPORT TERROR, MURDER, RAPE, AND
00:23:06ASSASSINATION TO THE WORLD. IT IS TIME IT STOPS.
00:23:08FOUR DECADES IS ENOUGH AND I
00:23:12WOULD SAY THE IRANIAN PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED ENOUGH. I WOULD SAY MR. PRESIDENT, GET
00:23:15YOUR COWBOY HAT ON AND GO OUT THERE AND KICK SOME ASS AND GET THIS DONE RIGHT.
00:23:19[APPLAUSE]
00:23:25>> I THINK THIS DEBATE IS GOING
00:23:26WELL ON THIS QUESTION.
00:23:29WHY DON'T WE DO 30 SECONDS MORE. SENATOR BOOKER YOU HAVE GIVEN
00:23:33EVERY INDICATION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.
00:23:3430 SECONDS AGAIN.
00:23:39THEN AGAIN FOR MR. MURPHY. SEN. BOOKER: THIS IS THE KIND OF
00:23:42YAHOO COWBOY FOREIGN POLICY
00:23:44THAT HAS MIRED US IN MIDDLE EAST
00:23:46WAR AFTER MIDDLE EAST WAR WITH FALSE BRAVADO, LEADERS SAY WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO IN THERE AND
00:23:50KICK ASS. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT HAS DONE TO
00:23:53THE TREASURY OF OUR COUNTRY?
00:23:57$8 TRILLION SPENT ON FOREIGN
00:24:01WARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NONE OF THEM HAVE ENDED WELL.
00:24:05WE DO NOT NEED YAHOO POLICY.
00:24:08WE NEED SOUND POLICY TO USE
00:24:11MILITARY FORCE AS A LAST RESORT. WHO DO NOT INSULT YOUR ENEMIES AND THREATENED TO INVADE CANADA
00:24:15AND GREENLAND, OUR ALLIES
00:24:20TOGETHER, LIKE NATO. [APPLAUSE]
00:24:25STAND UP. THIS IS WHY WE ARE TRAPPED IN IRAN. THIS IS WHY AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE DYING.
00:24:28THIS IS WHY WE ARE IN ANOTHER QUAGMIRE.
00:24:31HE HAS NO WAY OUT. THAT IS THE PREMISE OF THE QUESTION.
00:24:36THE PRESIDENT HAS NO WAY OUT SO HE IS CALLING PEOPLE THAT WILL JUST SLAP THEM ON THE ASS TO SAY GET OUT THERE.
00:24:42PUT ON YOUR COWBOY HAT. MR. MURPHY: I WILL NOT BE DOING THAT. SEN. BOOKER: WE LOSE AMERICAN
00:24:45LIVES AND EVERYBODY IN NEW
00:24:47JERSEY PAYS THOUSANDS MORE.
00:24:51-- MORE AT THE PUMP. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. [APPLAUSE] >> I WILL GIVE YOU 30 SECONDS ALSO.
00:24:57MR. MURPHY: WE ARE NOT IN A
00:24:58QUAGMIRE.
00:25:02WE HAVE A DIFFICULT FOREIGN POLICY ISSUE AND THEY HAVE BEEN A DIFFICULT
00:25:06PROBLEM FOR 40 YEARS WE HAVE KICKED THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD
00:25:08LONG ENOUGH AND IT IS TIME TO
00:25:12GET IT OVER WITH SO THE NEXT GENERATION OF AMERICANS DON'T KNOW THE WORDS STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
00:25:17AS A 19-YEAR-OLD I SAILED IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ ON A NAVY
00:25:20DESTROYER FOUR TIMES TO MONITOR THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR.
00:25:24I DEDICATE MY CAMPAIGN TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR ARMED FORCES AND WORRY ABOUT THEM EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A
00:25:28GENERATION OF AMERICANS WILLING
00:25:29TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY.
00:25:33IN HARM'S WAY. THE PRESIDENT'S RIGHT TO DO THIS. WE CANNOT CONTINUALLY DO THIS.
00:25:37YOU HAVE TO STOP AND THINK IF , IRAN OBTAINS A NUCLEAR WEAPON, WHAT
00:25:40AN UNBELIEVABLE UNMITIGATED DISASTER THAT WOULD BE. THEY WILL USE IT IF THEY OBTAIN
00:25:44ONE. WE ARE RIGHT TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
00:25:47STAY THE COURSE, GET IT DONE RIGHT, WORRY ABOUT THE NEXT GENERATION OF AMERICANS SO WE
00:25:51CAN HAVE PEACE AND STABILITY FOR THE REGION AND ESPECIALLY THE IRANIAN PEOPLE.
00:25:53[APPLAUSE]
00:25:56SEN. BOOKER: I WANT TO EXPRESS,
00:26:00I SINCERELY WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO MY OPPONENT. HE SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN THE MILITARY.
00:26:03THAT IS EXTRAORDINARY. HIS COMMITMENT SHOULD NOT BE IN ANY WAY DIMINISHED OR
00:26:07MARGINALIZED. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
00:26:11MY CONCERN IS THE PEOPLE SERVING RIGHT NOW.
00:26:15LIKE THE PEOPLE ON THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
00:26:18WHO WERE KEPT IN THE STRAIT OF
00:26:22HORMUZ, STARTING TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH SUICIDE ATTEMPTS.
00:26:26OR THE PEOPLE ON OUR MILITARY BASES WHO WERE ATTACKED BY DRONES.
00:26:30WE HAD A PRESIDENT WHO DENIED IT
00:26:32EVEN HAPPENED.
00:26:34AND THEN YOU GET THEM WHEN THEY
00:26:38COME HOME AND OUR VETERANS LIKE I HAVE SEEN IN OUR STATE WHICH
00:26:40HAS CUT VETERAN SERVICES.
00:26:44WE TELL THEM WE DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY. WE HAVE THE MONEY TO SEND YOU TO WAR BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY
00:26:49TO PROVIDE FOR YOU WHILE YOU'RE HERE. WE SHOULD BE HONORING THE PEOPLE
00:26:52LIKE MY COLLEAGUE WHO SERVED WHILE THEY ARE IN-SERVICE AND WE SHOULD BE RESPECTING THEIR LIVES
00:26:55, NOT THROWING THEM INTO AN AVOIDABLE WAR. AND HAVING TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE
00:26:59SACRIFICE. >> I WANT TO TRY TO KEEP ON SCHEDULE.
00:27:03IT IS NOT EASY.
00:27:06I KNOW IT IS IMPORTANT. THAT IS WHY WE SPENT A LITTLE MORE TIME ON IT.
00:27:1030 SECONDS. FOR MR. MURPHY.
00:27:13MR. MURPHY: THIS IS NOT A WAR OF CHOICE. THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD
00:27:17CORPS IS A CANCER ON HUMAN EXISTENCE. THEY WERE DEVELOPING BALLISTIC
00:27:20MISSILES AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND
00:27:23ENRICHING URANIUM FAR PAST ANYTHING NEEDED FOR CIVILIAN
00:27:27AND PEDICLE USES. THEY ARE A PROBLEM. WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.
00:27:30IT IS UNCOMFORTABLE. NOBODY WANTS PEACE MORE THAN
00:27:33PEOPLE IN THE MILITARY.
00:27:36I GUARANTEE YOU KNOW PRESIDENT
00:27:37WANTS TO WRANGLE AND WRESTLE WITH A FOREIGN POLICY ISSUE THAT
00:27:41HURTS HIM POLITICALLY. SOMETIMES DOING THE RIGHT THING
00:27:44AND PROVIDING READERSHIP IS DIFFICULT. WE SHOULD SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT. SUPPORT OUR MILITARY.
00:27:48WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT PHASE RIGHT NOW. THAT GOVERNMENT IS NOWHERE NEAR WHAT IT HAS BEEN AND WE WILL
00:27:51MOVE ONTO A BETTER PHASE.
00:27:54WE WILL GET IT RESOLVED PEACE , THROUGH STRENGTH. WEAKNESS ALWAYS INVITES AGGRESSION.
00:27:57[APPLAUSE]
00:28:01>> OUR NEXT QUESTION WILL COME
00:28:03FROM A STUDENT.
00:28:09SHE IS ALSO A PASSAIC COUNTY VOTER. >> HELLO CANDIDATES.
00:28:13THANK YOU FOR COMING.
00:28:18NEW JERSEY HAS ONE OF THE
00:28:20LARGEST RACIAL WEALTH GAPS IN
00:28:23THE NATION.
00:28:27THERE ARE HEAVY DISPARITIES IN HOMEOWNERSHIP. WILL YOU VOTE FOR SPECIFIC POLICIES THAT WILL DISBAND SYSTEMATIC BARRIERS IN MORTGAGE
00:28:30LENDING AND PROPERTY APPRAISALS?
00:28:33THOSE THAT PREVENT FAMILIES OF
00:28:37COLOR FROM BUILDING GENERATIONAL WEALTH. IF SO, WHAT IDEAS DO YOU HAVE?
00:28:39SEN. BOOKER: I THINK YOU FOR
00:28:42YOUR QUESTIONS AND I'M PROUD I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR
00:28:44SOME TIME THAT I HAVE BEEN IN OFFICE. THE ONLY BIPARTISAN BILL THAT
00:28:48PASSED RECENTLY HAD THINGS BUILT IN TO STOP THINGS WE KNOW ARE A
00:28:52PROBLEM WAREHOUSE ASSESSMENTS AND EVALUATIONS FOR THEIR COST
00:28:57AND PRICES ARE OFTEN SUBJECT TO DISCRIMINATION.
00:29:05AFRICAN-AMERICAN OWNERS OFTEN HAVING THEIR HOUSES ASSESSED AT LOWER COSTS.
00:29:10I PASSED LEGISLATION CALLED OPPORTUNITY ZONES WITH ANOTHER AFRICAN-AMERICAN, TIM SCOTT FOR
00:29:14, THE SOLE PURPOSE OF CREATING
00:29:17MORE INVESTMENT IN LOW INCOME
00:29:21URBAN AND RURAL PLACES. I WAS JUST VISITING ATLANTIC CITY. ABOUT 300 MUNICIPAL HOUSING UNDER CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE OF
00:29:24LEGISLATION I PASSED. THAT ENABLED THAT CONSTRUCTION.
00:29:29FOR ME AS A GUY WHO WAS MAYOR OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A MINORITY
00:29:33-- A MAJORITY MINORITY CITY.
00:29:36WE WERE ABLE TO DOUBLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DURING THE
00:29:39LAST RECESSION IN 2008-2009.
00:29:45IT IS SOMETHING I FEEL AS URGENT NOW. WE NEED TO DO SPECIFIC THINGS TO END THIS HOUSING CRISIS.
00:29:47AGAIN, AS I TALK TO MY
00:29:50COLLEAGUES, MANY OF THEM ON THE CANADIAN BORDER, MY REPUBLICAN
00:29:54COLLEAGUES AND DEMOCRAT COLLEAGUES KNOW WHEN WE PUT
00:29:57TARIFFS ON AN ALLY LIKE CANADA
00:29:59IT DRIVES UP THE COST OF
00:30:02BUILDING MATERIALS LIKE LUMBER. WE HAVE TO STOP DONALD TRUMP
00:30:04FROM DOING MORE HARM TO THE
00:30:07HOUSING MARKETS AND BRING
00:30:11FORWARD COMMON SENSE THAT IS CREATING REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE
00:30:16RIGHT NOW IN CONSTRUCTION IN
00:30:21ATLANTIC CITY LIKE >> THANK YOU. MY BILL HAS. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] MR. MURPHY: ON HOMEOWNERSHIP, IT
00:30:25IS SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THE SURVIVAL OF OUR COUNTRY THAT
00:30:28I INCLUDED IT IN MY SENATE PLEDGE. THE SENATE PLEDGE IS ON MY
00:30:30WEBSITE IF YOU WANT TO READ IT.
00:30:33IT IS MY POLITICAL BLUEPRINT AND DNA, EVERYTHING I BELIEVE AND
00:30:36WHAT I WILL ADVOCATE FOR SHOULD I SERVE AS YOUR U.S. SENATOR. THE BEST HOMEOWNERSHIP POLICY WE
00:30:40HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY IS BEING GAINFULLY EMPLOYED WITH LOW
00:30:43INTEREST RATES.
00:30:45THAT IS THE BEST HOMEOWNERSHIP POLICY THE GOVERNMENT CAN PUT
00:30:48FORWARD. I GREW UP IN A HOME, RAISED BY A SINGLE MOTHER.
00:30:52SHE HAD A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION.
00:30:55WE STRUGGLED OFTEN. I KNOW WHAT ECONOMIC STRUGGLE
00:30:59IS, I KNOW THE VALUE OF HOMEOWNERSHIP. HOMEOWNERSHIP IS SO CRITICALLY
00:31:02IMPORTANT.
00:31:07I'M PROUD OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS WORRIED ABOUT THE NEXT GENERATION OF AMERICANS TO KNOW
00:31:10THEY WILL HAVE THE AMERICAN DREAM. EXPANDING ECONOMY, A MANUFACTURING RESURGENCE,
00:31:13FALLING INTEREST RATES. WE HAVE THE HIGHEST MEDIAN
00:31:16HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN AMERICAN
00:31:18HISTORY AND THE LOWEST POVERTY
00:31:22RATES AND LOWEST CHILD POVERTY RATE IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY. WE CONTINUE TO EMPOWER PEOPLE THROUGH ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND
00:31:25BETTERMENT, MORE TAKE-HOME PAY.
00:31:29WE PUT FORWARD LEGISLATION, NO
00:31:30TAX ON TIPS.
00:31:34FOR OUR SERVICE INDUSTRY WORKERS. AS A FORMER BARTENDER, IT'S A GREAT IDEA. NO TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY
00:31:37BENEFITS PUT THOUSANDS BACK IN THE POCKETS OF SENIOR CITIZENS
00:31:40WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE LARGEST
00:31:42DECLINE IN PRESCRIPTION DRUGS IN 60 YEARS.
00:31:46WE HAD NO TAX ON OVERTIME FOR AMERICANS WORKING HARD TO KEEP MORE OF WHAT THEY EARN.
00:31:50HOMEOWNERSHIP, WE NEED TO
00:31:51INCREASE THE SUPPLY BECAUSE
00:31:55THERE WAS A SUPPLY/DEMAND ISSUE.
00:31:58THAT IS ANOTHER ISSUE FOR ANOTHER TIME BUT THAT IS THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE. HOMEOWNERSHIP IS NEAR AND DEAR
00:32:02TO MY HEART AND VERY IMPORTANT. MODERATOR: THE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR MR. MURPHY OR STARTS WITH
00:32:06MR. MURPHY.
00:32:08DURING CONFIRMATION HEARINGS
00:32:13YOUR OPPONENT TALKED ABOUT THEIR ROLES IN THE INTERNAL REVIEW,
00:32:17HANDLING AND WITHHOLDING OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES.
00:32:18HE WAS CRITICIZED BY SOME
00:32:21-- SENATOR CORNYN AND OTHERS AS
00:32:25ENGAGING IN POLITICAL DISTRACTION AND THEATER. HAVE WE REACHED A POINT WHERE ENOUGH OF THOSE FILES HAVE BEEN RELEASED, AS PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
00:32:29SAID? AND IF THAT IS THE CASE, IS
00:32:32SENATOR BOOKER ENGAGING IN POLITICAL THEATER?
00:32:36MR. MURPHY: ON THE QUESTION OF DOES SENATOR BOOKER ENGAGE IN
00:32:38POLITICAL THEATER, I THINK
00:32:41SOMETIMES HE DOES. HE'S PASSIONATE.
00:32:43THAT'S OK. WE'VE SEEN HIM ON THE FLOOR OF
00:32:47THE SENATE.
00:32:48THAT'S FINE. I WOULD LIKE THE SENATE -- I'M
00:32:52AN ATTORNEY, I'VE BEEN PRACTICING LAW 20 YEARS NOW AND I'M COMPLAINING WHEN I SAY THAT,
00:32:54NOT BRAGGING. I AUTHORED A BOOK ON JUDICIAL
00:32:57ACTIVISM BECAUSE IT IS A MAJOR
00:33:00MAJOR PROBLEM AND CRISIS FOR OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC.
00:33:05I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE U.S. SENATE BE MORE COLLEGIAL, LESS
00:33:09GRANDSTANDING AND LESS POLITICAL. LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO BRETT KAVANAUGH. THAT WAS A DISGRACE.
00:33:13WE PAY OUR SENATORS AND CONGRESSPEOPLE $174,000 PER YEAR.
00:33:16THEY SHOULD NOT ACT LIKE THAT.
00:33:20I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A CALL TO ETHICS.
00:33:23I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE COLLEGIALITY, MORE PROFESSIONALISM AND MORE
00:33:27COURTESY, ESPECIALLY TOWARDS A NOMINEE THAT IS NOT A MEMBER OF THE SENATE. THEY'VE BEEN APPOINTED BY A
00:33:31PRESIDENT. THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO DO A JOB
00:33:33OR MAKE A CAREER MOVE.
00:33:36THEY SHOULD NOT BE IN ANYONE'S CROSSHAIRS BUT LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO BRETT KAVANAUGH. THERE WAS AN ASSASSINATION
00:33:39ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE. LET'S NOT FORGET THAT.
00:33:44WE NEED TO CHANGE THE DECORUM AND DIALOGUE AND TONE IT DOWN IN
00:33:47ME -- BE MORE PROFESSIONAL COLLEGIAL AND COURTEOUS. , THEN WE WILL KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT THE REAL QUESTIONS ARE, THE
00:33:51SUBSTANCE IS, AND WITH THAT NOMINEE MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO OFFER THE POSITION THEY ARE
00:33:55NOMINATED FOR.
00:33:59THAT IS MY OPINION ON THAT. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT WE HAVE SOME COLLEGIALITY. I WOULD LIKE THE SENATE TO POLISH UP ON THAT.
00:34:03I THINK SOMETIMES WE GET INTO
00:34:05TOO MUCH SHOW AND THEATER AND IT
00:34:07IS VERY DIVISIVE AND CORROSIVE.
00:34:10MODERATOR: WHAT ABOUT WHAT THE EPSTEIN FILES?
00:34:14MR. MURPHY: I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT THEM OTHER THAN WHAT I GET FROM OPEN SOURCES.
00:34:17IT'S TRUE. I KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, THEY ARE
00:34:20OUT THERE. THE EPSTEIN FILES, I KNOW MANY
00:34:23OF THEM HAVE BEEN RELEASED BUT NOT ALL.
00:34:26THE REASON GIVEN IS THERE SOME
00:34:31REDACTION FOR THE PRIVACY ISSUE AND FOR POTENTIAL SEX VICTIMS, SEX CRIMES VICTIMS. THAT IS WHY NOT EVERYTHING HAS
00:34:34BEEN DIVULGED. THERE WAS A LAW PASSED, I DON'T
00:34:36KNOW IF YOU SUPPORTED IT OR NOT,
00:34:38THAT SAID THAT ALL FILES HAVE TO BE DISCLOSED WITH WHATEVER
00:34:44REDACTION'S AND EXCEPTIONS. I WOULD SUPPORT THAT. IF SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DIVULGED IT SHOULD.
00:34:47YOU CAN ALWAYS DO SOMETHING IN CAMERA WITH THE JUDICIAL BODY OR
00:34:50JUDGE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS
00:34:55NOT BEING WITHHELD HAS THE RIGHT TO BE WITHHELD OR NOT. I'M ALL FOR TRANSPARENCY.
00:34:59I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE FROM THAT. MODERATOR: SENATOR BOOKER? SEN. BOOKER: FIRST, I WANT TO
00:35:03ECHO MY COLLEAGUES CALL FOR
00:35:05TONING IT DOWN, BUT I'M A LITTLE
00:35:07CONFUSED HE HAS SUCH FIERCE
00:35:10ALLEGIANCE TO THE PRESIDENT, WHO
00:35:13WAS LEADING WITH HIS VILE, CRUEL
00:35:14RHETORIC.
00:35:17READ HIS TWEETS AND WHAT HE SAYS
00:35:18ABOUT WOMEN.
00:35:23HE TALKS ABOUT THREATS ON JUDGES.
00:35:27THE REPUBLICAN-APPOINTED HEAD JURIST REBUKED THE PRESIDENT OF
00:35:31THE UNITED STATES FOR THE VILE THINGS HE WAS SAYING ABOUT
00:35:36SITTING JUDGES. IT OPENED HIM UP TO AN INCREASING LEVEL OF DEATH
00:35:39THREATS.
00:35:41WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO IS
00:35:44MEAN-SPIRITED, WHO SPEAKS WITH A
00:35:47VICIOUSNESS AND CRUELTY ABOUT ANYBODY WHO OPPOSES HIM. DON'T EVEN LOOK AT WHAT HE SAYS
00:35:50ABOUT DEMOCRATS, LOOK WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT PEOPLE WITHIN HIS OWN
00:35:52PARTY.
00:35:56THIS VILE TENOR WE SEE NOW, HE AND I AGREE.
00:35:59IF ANYBODY WHO KNOWS ME AND
00:36:01KNOWS MY POLITICS KNOWS THAT I
00:36:03BELIEVE VERY FIRMLY WE CANNOT LEAD THE PEOPLE IF YOU DON'T LOVE THE PEOPLE.
00:36:08ALL THE PEOPLE. NOT JUST THE PEOPLE WHO AGREE
00:36:09WITH YOU.
00:36:16YOU DISAGREE WITH OUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF AND HE WILL OPEN UP NOT JUST VILE VITRIOL,
00:36:19BUT HE EXACTS THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:36:21JUSTICE TO INVESTIGATE YOU. HERE WE ARE HAVING PEOPLE FROM
00:36:25THE PRESS INTERVIEW US. WE ARE SEEING AN UNPRECEDENTED
00:36:28LEVEL OF INVESTIGATIONS AGAINST PRESS PEOPLE, SO MUCH SO THAT
00:36:32JUDGES HAVE LEFT IT OUT OF COURT AND SANCTIONED OUR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
00:36:36IF YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT THE EPSTEIN FILES, THIS BRINGS ME TO
00:36:40THE SAME CULTURE THAT HAS ALLOWED WHAT HAPPENED AT CORNELL TO HAPPEN.
00:36:43THINK ABOUT THIS.
00:36:48TODD BLANCHE WHEN WE WERE DOING THOSE HEATED HEARINGS, HE WAS
00:36:50ALREADY SERVING AS THE ACTING
00:36:52NUMBER TWO.
00:36:56HE WOULD NOT EVEN MEET WITH THE VICTIMS OF THIS SEX TRAFFICKING
00:36:59AND PEDOPHILIA.
00:37:02YET HE WOULD RACE TO GO MEET
00:37:05WITH GHISLAINE MAXWELL IN HER PRISON.
00:37:09AFTER HIS CONVERSATION, RUNNING TO GO TALK TO SOMEBODY WHO MAY HAVE INFORMATION THAT IMPLICATED
00:37:12A PRESIDENT, WHAT HAPPENED? THERE WAS NO INFORMATION THAT LED TO PROSECUTIONS.
00:37:16IT LED TO MAXWELL GETTING OUT OF THE PRISON SHE WAS IN AND PUT
00:37:19INTO CLUB FED, THAT THE
00:37:24REGULATION SAY SEX OFFENDER SHOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO GO TO.
00:37:27THIS IS A DISASTROUS WHITE HOUSE
00:37:30THAT IS USING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AS A SHIELD TO PROTECT
00:37:33THE PRESIDENT FROM JUST INQUIRY
00:37:36AND AS A SWORD TO GO AFTER
00:37:37ANYBODY THAT CRITICIZES HIM.
00:37:42THAT IS WHY HE HAS TAKEN ACTION AGAINST THE U.S. SENATORS. HE HAS TAKEN ACTION AGAINST FBI
00:37:45AGENTS WHO INVESTIGATED HIM AND
00:37:49MORE. THIS HAS TO STOP. WE HAVE TO RESTORE VIRTUE AND HONOR TO OUR INSTITUTIONS.
00:37:53AND IF ANYBODY SHOULD BE CALLED OUTCOME IT SHOULD START AT THE
00:37:57HIGHEST OFFICE IN OUR LAND.
00:37:58[APPLAUSE]
00:38:04MODERATOR: SENATOR, WHEN YOU
00:38:07WHERE THE MAYOR OF NEWARK, YOU
00:38:10WORKED CLOSELY WITH MARK ZUCKERBERG AND HE PLEDGED $100 MILLION TO YOUR CITY SCHOOLS.
00:38:1416 OR SO YEARS LATER, DO YOU
00:38:15BELIEVE THAT HE HAS USED HIS
00:38:19EXTRAORDINARY POWER RESPONSIBLY
00:38:24ON ISSUES OF PRIVACY AND AI AND DATA CENTERS IN HIS DEALINGS
00:38:26WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP?
00:38:30OR HAS HE DISAPPOINTED YOU? SEN. BOOKER: I THINK THE ENTIRE SOCIAL MEDIA INDUSTRY HAS
00:38:33DISAPPOINTED ALL AMERICANS.
00:38:38THEY'VE ALLOWED THESE TOOLS TO BE MARKETED TOWARDS OUR CHILDREN AND THEY ARE CAUSING UNTOLD
00:38:40DAMAGE.
00:38:44EVEN WHEN THEY DID LIKE META DID
00:38:48AND FACEBOOK DID, EVEN WHEN THEY HAD INTERNAL RESEARCH THAT SHOWED THEIR PLATFORMS WERE HARMING CHILDREN THEY DID
00:38:51NOTHING ABOUT IT.
00:38:56SO WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. THIS IS WHY I LEAD ON DOING IT
00:38:59-- DOING SECTION 230 AND NOT
00:39:03ALLOWING THESE PLATFORMS TO BE INSULATED FROM LAWSUITS FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE HURT BY THOSE
00:39:06PLATFORMS.
00:39:08IN ADDITION TO THAT THEY ARE USING THEIR WEALTH TO INFLECT
00:39:12OUR POLITICS. ONE OF THE REASONS I DON'T TAKE
00:39:15CORPORATE PAC MONEY IS BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE THAT WHO BECOME
00:39:20BILLIONAIRES FLOW THEIR MONEY INTO OUR POLITICS THAT IS INHERENTLY CORRUPTING.
00:39:24IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WHEN DONALD TRUMP WAS SWORN IN, WHO DID HE HAVE ON THE STAGE NEXT TO
00:39:28HIM BUT PEOPLE LIKE MARK ZUCKERBERG AND OTHERS WHO ARE
00:39:30THE BILLIONAIRES. HE DIDN'T HAVE TEACHERS OR
00:39:34FIREFIGHTERS OR MILITARY VETERANS.
00:39:37NO, HE HAD BILLIONAIRES, 10 OF
00:39:39WHOM PROVIDED ALMOST 40% OF THE
00:39:41MONEY SPENT ON HIS CAMPAIGN.
00:39:43THESE ARE CORRUPTING INFLUENCES.
00:39:46AND WE NEED TO FIGHT, NUMBER ONE, TO STOP THESE SOCIAL MEDIA
00:39:49PLATFORMS FROM HURTING OUR
00:39:54CHILDREN AND OUR COMMUNITIES, FROM DRIVING DIVISION INTO OUR COUNTRY, AND WE NEED TO STOP THEIR BILLIONAIRE WEALTH FROM
00:39:58HAVING AN UNJUST INFLUENCE ON AMERICAN POLITICS.
00:40:02MODERATOR: MR. MURPHY? MR. MURPHY: I CAN'T COMMENT MUCH
00:40:06ON CORY'S TENURE AS MAYOR, BUT I
00:40:07WILL STAND WITH ANYONE WHO WILL
00:40:11PROTECT CHILDREN FOR ANY REASON,
00:40:15ANYWHERE. I WOULD LIKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR BIG TECH. IF YOU KNOW ME, I DON'T GET ALONG WITH ANYTHING ELECTRONIC
00:40:19IN THIS WORLD. I RUN AROUND THE STATE WITH A 4G
00:40:22FLIP PHONE, AND THAT'S NO LIE. BIG TECH TO ME NEEDS TO BE HELD
00:40:25ACCOUNTABLE.
00:40:29I DON'T LIKE THEM. I THINK WHAT WE SAW IN COVID WAS AN EGREGIOUS VIOLATION OF FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS WITH
00:40:32DEPLATFORMING AND SILENCING AND CENSORSHIP.
00:40:37I DON'T TAKE KINDLY TO THAT.
00:40:38I LIKE OUR CONSTITUTION.
00:40:42I LOVE OUR VILLA RIGHTS. BIG TECH, YOU'D BETTER HOPE THAT I LOSE THIS ELECTION.
00:40:47I AM RIPPING YOU A NEW ONE IF I GET DOWN TO WASHINGTON.
00:40:50I AM NO FRIEND OF OLIGARCHIES OR BIG TECH. I WENT PRIVACY FOR PEOPLE.
00:40:57THERE IS A PLACE FOR TECH IN TECHNOLOGY, BUT WHAT I SAW DURING COVID WITH THE
00:41:02STEAMROLLING OF OUR CHERISHED FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND THEN BIG TECH SAYING WE ARE PRIVATE
00:41:04COMPANIES, FIRST AMENDMENT DOESN'T APPLY TO US I WANT A LAW
00:41:08, PASSED CODIFYING OUR BILL OF RIGHTS SO THAT CIVIL RIGHT
00:41:131983 ISSUES CAN BE APPLIED TO BIG TECH AND WE HAVE
00:41:19CONSTITUTIONAL JURISPRUDENCE
00:41:21WITH DOCTRINES TO HOLD COMPANIES
00:41:24LIABLE FOR DISCRIMINATION. THE SAME SHOULD BE DONE TO PROTECT OUR FIRST AMENDMENT. THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO SILENCE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY
00:41:28DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I WOULD HOLD BIG TECH
00:41:30ACCOUNTABLE TO THE THIRD DEGREE.
00:41:32AS FAR AS WHAT MARK ZUCKERBERG
00:41:35DID FOR NEWARK, I JUST HOPE IT
00:41:39WAS PUT TO GOOD USE. MODERATOR: THANK YOU. THIS GOES BY SO QUICKLY. [APPLAUSE]
00:41:43WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE MINUTE BREAK,
00:41:47GENTLEMEN. A REAL FIVE MINUTES.
00:41:49WE WILL BE BACK AT THE PODIUM IN FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
00:42:01MODERATOR: WE WILL RESUME THE BAIT AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU WHEN
00:42:05WE WERE OFF-CAMERA BECAUSE MR.
00:42:09MURPHY, MR. BOOKER ENGAGED IN A BIT OF DEBATE OVER HERE.
00:42:14SENATOR, I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH YOU.
00:42:17REGARDLESS OF WHICH PARTY CONTROLS THE U.S. SENATE NEXT
00:42:20YEAR, IS CHUCK SCHUMER THE RIGHT
00:42:24PERSON TO LEAD SENATE DEMOCRATS? WHY OR WHY NOT OR ARE YOU STILL
00:42:27UNDECIDED? SEN. BOOKER: IS NOT MY CHOICE, I
00:42:30HAVE ONE VOTE IN THE SENATE.
00:42:33WE WILL DO IT WHEN IT COMES. I HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THE WAY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS
00:42:36BEEN DOING THINGS, SO I WILL HAVE LOTS TO SAY.
00:42:39ONE ELECTION AT A TIME. AS SOON AS THIS ELECTION IS OVER
00:42:43I WILL MEET WITH A LOT OF MY BEST FRIENDS IN THE SENATE AND
00:42:47HAVE A CONVERSATION ON THE ISSUE. MODERATOR: SO YOU ARE UNDECIDED AT THIS POINT?
00:42:49SEN. BOOKER: MY FRIEND FROM THE NEW JERSEY GLOBE, I'M NOT
00:42:53BREAKING NEWS ON THIS TONIGHT. I KNOW IT WOULD BE A GREAT
00:42:56STORY, BUT I'M KEEPING MY CARDS CLOSE TO MY CHEST.
00:42:59AT THE END OF THE DAY MY VOTE
00:43:03WILL BE ABOUT WHO IS BEST NOT JUST A LEAD SENATE DEMOCRATS BUT TO DELIVER FOR THE STATE OF NEW
00:43:06JERSEY. MODERATOR: MR. MURPHY, YOUR
00:43:09PARTY'S VERSION OF THIS
00:43:11QUESTION, IF YOU WIN, AND I
00:43:16DON'T THINK IF YOU WIN IT WILL BE BECAUSE JOHN THUNE WAS OVERLY
00:43:20GENEROUS TO YOU. OBJECTIVELY IS HE THE RIGHT PERSON TO LEAD SENATE
00:43:23REPUBLICANS?
00:43:25MR. MURPHY: OK, WHO SHOULD THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER BE IF WE
00:43:29MAINTAIN A MAJORITY? ME.
00:43:31[LAUGHTER]
00:43:42I -- THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
00:43:43I HAVE MY SENATE PLEDGE.
00:43:48IT IS MY CONSERVATIVE SET OF PRINTABLE SPIRIT
00:43:49>> LIVE NOW TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
00:43:54CHICAGO INSTITUTE OF POLITICS FOR A CONVERSATION ON CIVILITY IN BLUE GOLD DISCOURSE WITH UTAH
00:43:58GOVERNOR