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Cory Booker: “As he is a lame duck president, he's becoming more and more…”

Featuring: Cory Booker, Democratic | U.S. Senate, New Jersey

'I have concerns. That guy has questions to answer': Sen. Booker on Platner

Published May 31, 2026 | Video Starts at 07:53

… the votes necessary to take care of the House and the Senate, we will continue to have an out of control president. And I'm going to tell you right now, As he is a lame duck president, he's becoming more and more dangerous. Just look overseas at the war we're in, the lives being lost, the billions being spent. And now he is shamefully trying to crawl back and try to get us back to where we were before the war even started. (07:53–07:59)

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Asserts that the president is becoming more dangerous as a lame duck.

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