Cory Booker disgraced himself questioning Pompeo (Updated)

Thomas Lifson  "See also: What a Crumby Thing for Cory Booker to Say*

"Once upon a time, Cory Booker posed as a dedicated reformer running against a corrupt political establishment.  An Academy Award-nominated documentaryabout his first run for political office portrayed him in a heroic light and led to his becoming mayor of Newark, and on to the U.S. Senate, representing the Garden State.  But since tasting the waters of Washington, he has fallen about as far as a politician can, from hero to hack.

"During Senate confirmation hearings for Mike Pompeo's nomination as secretary of state, Booker made an ass of himself, shamelessly posturing as a social justice warrior scoring points with special-interest constituencies.  Two somewhat contradictory lines of question preoccupied him.

"First, Booker posed as an advocate of religious liberty, angrily quoting something Pompeo earlier said about the need for Muslims to speak out against jihad terror attacks:" . . .

* ". . .  presidential wannabe Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) blamed middle-class Americans keeping more of their money and corporations sharing more of their profits for driving up the debt:" . . .

UPDATE: Senator Booker's lust for ignorance  "We have an endless war in Afghanistan, a dictator gassing civilians in Syria, a nuclearized Korean peninsula, trade agreements under negotiation, tensions between Russia and its former Soviet satellite republics, an Islamic invasion of Europe, and frenemies in NATO.
"So what did Democratic Senator Cory Booker ask the nominee for secretary of State about?
"Gay sex." . . .

 Meanwhile, Democrats are blocking the confirmation Richard Grenell as ambassador to Germany because he is gay. Democrats are all for gay people, unless they are conservative.

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