New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker is under fire for posing for a photo with anti-Israel activists.
A smiling Booker held up a sign criticizing Israel’s security wall at the Netroots Nation Conference in New Orleans Friday, flanked by members of a group called the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights.
“From Palestine to Mexico, All the Walls Have Got to Go,” the sign read.
Excited to be here at Netroots Nation talking with progressives like Sen. Cory Booker about our shared commitment to freedom, justice, and equality for all people. #NN18 pic.twitter.com/ljswLmv32w
— Palestinian Rights (@US_Campaign) August 3, 2018
A spokesman for Booker’s office insisted he was not at fault.
“Just before delivering a speech in New Orleans, Senator Booker was approached by dozens of people for photos,” Jeff Giertz said. “In one instance, amid the rush, he was posing for a photo and was passed a sign to hold—he didn’t have time to read the sign, and from his cursory glance he thought it was talking about Mexico and didn’t realize it had anything to do with Israel.”
Giertz added that Booker, who has close ties with the Jewish community, does maintain the necessity of security barriers as long as “active terrorist organizations threaten the safety of the people living in Israel.”
“He hopes for a day when there will be no need for security barriers in the State of Israel, but while active terrorist organizations threaten the safety of the people living in Israel, security barriers are unfortunate but necessary to protect human lives,” Giertz said.
Giertz did not explain how Booker, a possible contender for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020, missed the pro-Palestine message on the T-shirt worn by the woman he is seen embracing in the photo.
At the conference, Booker raised eyebrows by stating things are ‘savagely wrong’ with America.
“I’m a big believer that if America, if this country hasn’t broken your heart, then you don’t love her enough. Because there’s things that are savagely wrong in this country,” Booker said.
Booker has recently been prone to use inflammatory rhetoric. Last week, Booker joined other Democratic Senators to oppose Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, saying “you are either complicit in the evil … or you are fighting against it.”
Booker also implored activists to “please, get up in the face of some congresspeople,” at the National Conference on Ending Homelessness in Washington D.C.
(Nat Golden – YWN)
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Governor Christi was not at fault for Bridgegate but it cost him his political career. Hopefully this will be the beginning of the end for Sen. Booker.
Sometimes one mistake is all it takes…
This is not new. Cory and Kristen Gillibrand have been extremely anti semitic and pro Palestinian, very openly, for quite some time now. They have nothing to lose. The dumb stupid Yiddishe voters just keep on voting them in, regardless of what they say and do. Their open support, including the sending of millions of US taxpayers money to the murderous Iranian regime, was a pretty strong indication of their hatred for their large Jewish constituency who keep them in power. I can’t wait to see who the Lakewood Vaad will command their sh$$ple to vote for.
Stay far far away from this poisenous mouth. He spells lots of trouble for yiddin and goyim.feh!
I can’t believe that the aguda and BMG are behind this poison.
For those as ‘messed up’ as mr.Booker ,it’s a relief to have him stay on the other side
Don’t buy this garbage that this racist anti Semite libtard bigot was in a rush, I wonder if they put a MAGA sign in front of him if he would smile like that!!!!
Hes a clone of Obama
nuch an Obama.
He’s a Democrat. What do you expect?
he was, he is and will alwaybs be an anti-semite. Like how he calls Brett Kavanaugh out because he does not buy his leftist ideas through his transliteration of the Bible.
Booker has actually been decent to Israel.He’s been bad on all else.
Which should have been a concern