I am watching Cory Booker's statement from the hearing, he's making me cry.

[dixiegrrrrl]

He is less than 3 minutes in, and so profoundly moved, so honest and real, I had to grab Kleenex.
What a contrast to the lying plastic people in this Admin.

[MLAA]

1. I was able to watch it live today.

When the camera scanned around the room, others were likewise effected. I noticed some wet/glassy eyes.

[Wwcd]

2. Booker: "You are a threat to this country!"

Link to tweet

?s=17

[H2O Man]

3. Recommended.

I like him, a lot.

[Wwcd]

4. DAMN!! BOOKER!! Here/His entire speech video & article from Raw Story

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/your-silence-is-complicity-corey-booker-spits-fire-at-dhs-secretary-for-covering-up-trumps-racism/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Thanks for that....will compare it to what I have downloaded already.

Haven't yet gotten to Ms. cool as a cucumber's response.

[Wwcd]

8. Ya, she rolled her eyes

[mnhtnbb]

14. He was on fire.

I don't remember excuses are BS and stock in trade for Republicans. Lying is so easy and natural for them. They wear their whiteness like some God approved sign of superiority. Makes me want to puke.

[hlthe2b]

5. Did you see her roll her eyes at him. Gawd I wanted to reach through the screen

[Wwcd]

7. Insulting as F. How damn ugly can people be

[wcmagumba]

9. Saw that too...

these drumphsters truly have no souls...

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. Just watched the video again and caught that.

Man, I have not heard that kid of feeling, that kind of talk for a long long time.

Just waiting for the attacks against him after this. . When they come, we need to speak out.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

11. If Only He Hadn't Sold Out To Big Pharma......

..........he'd be the runaway front-runner for the Democratic nomination right now.

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. He did? I had not heard.

I ahven't followed him closely, tho.

[ecstatic]

13. That's a LIE. nt

[ChoppinBroccoli]

15. Is It, Now?

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/democrats-rush-to-prove-trump-right-on-big-pharma_us_5877edd4e4b0b3c7a7b05c29

[LanternWaste]

16. If only posters would avoid pretending one instance establishes a narrative.

If only posters would avoid pretending one instance establishes a narrative.

Or Do They, Now...?

Let's try to remember those grade school lessons regarding context, nuance, condition... and especially avoiding a conclusion when all we do is point to subjective evidence which already validates our biases.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

17. That's Not What Happened In This Case

After his speech at the Convention, I was all over Cory Booker. I couldn't wait to see him run for President. Then, in his first opportunity to start laying the groundwork as a hero of the Democratic Party, he sides with Big Pharma. He really disappointed me that day. It wasn't Confirmation Bias. I HAD no bias. I WANTED to like him. It revealed him to be a guy I can't really trust yet. Maybe he turns it around by 2020. I actually hope he does, because he has a special quality that I think would appeal to a lot of Americans.

But don't sit there and try to tell me his vote validated a bias I already had against him. He was a clean slate to me, and he was sitting there at #1 on my list of candidates to support in 2020, and then his vote tainted him. He can still rescue himself by voting against Big Pharma in the future, maybe on an even better bill, but as of right now, all I have to judge him on is a No vote on a prescription drug bill and a history of taking money from Big Pharma that I discovered AFTER his vote.