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Cory Booker: “Independent expenditures in our country, which is often dark…”

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

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Cory Booker REACTS: What is happening to the left?

Published | Video Starts at 06:05

They do take issue area PAC money that they should no longer take. And even worse than that, I see, number one, senators trading stocks with insider information. And I see that Independent expenditures in our country, which is often dark corporate money, is really affecting our politics. So the value here is what I'm fighting for, for our party, because I think it's gonna protect the soul, not just Democrats, but the soul of the country as … (06:05–06:14)

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Asserts that independent expenditures, often dark corporate money, are affecting politics.

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