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Cory Booker: “The debate was on a judge for my state on the Third Circuit.”

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

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Senate Judiciary Committee Discussion on Nominee Confirmation and Debate Procedures

Published | Video Starts at 05:22

You began to call a vote, but then you were cut off by staff and then we pushed the vote through. And the reason why it upsets me so much is because The debate was on a judge for my state on the Third Circuit. We've created a climate in this country that is deepening and deepening. A reflexive Tribalism, where people aren't interested in listening to the facts anymore, listening to each other. (05:22–05:28)

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