New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker says another White House run isn't on his mind, as he's distinctively positioned to wield his power in the Senate
Growing up in suburban New Jersey, he had his share of negative experiences with the police — an unfortunate rite of passage for many Black Americans. But he describes his college years in the wealthy and mostly white Northern California enclave of Palo Alto as the period where “the fear was at its highest in my life.” In one terrifying moment, Booker said the police stopped him and accused him of stealing his own car.
Thirty years later, the Democrat has those memories in mind as he leads police reform negotiations alongside Sen. Tim Scott and Rep. Karen Bass . It’s a daunting task that, if it ends in a workable deal, could help deter police brutality toward people of color after years of tragic killings.
Even though his own White House bid did not go as he’d hoped, Booker says he’s at “a strange moment in my life” where he can finally count close ties to Joe Biden’s team, good relationships throughout the Senate, and a personal friend-plus-former colleague in Vice President Kamala Harris. He’s also wielding the gavel on an influential Judiciary Committee subpanel.
“I’m happy I did and I’m a much better senator because I did” run in the 2020 primary, he said. “I’ve now sort of conceded to the truism that my life speaks to — and I think most people’s lives do — that the best way to make God laugh is to make plans for yourself." Sen. Tim Scott, right, shakes hands with Sen. Cory Booker, left, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 1, 2015, to discuss criminal justice reform with a bipartisan group of senators. | Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo
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