Cory Booker: “Parents would come to me and say, look at our facilities in…”

“Back in the early 2000s, I too was born in the late 80s, not. But in the early 2000s, when I was coming up in Newark politics, I would see these very painful realities where Parents would come to me and say, look at our facilities in Newark. When we go play teams around the area and they see these incredible fields and facilities. My kids feel like we don't care about them. And I went on a mission to get our city to have the best fields and courts and parks. And it brought a lot of pride to our communities and gave them access to sports.” (12:14–12:27)

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