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Cory Booker: “The president took one of our sacred memorials to an…”

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

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I am absolutely expecting that. And look, in private conversations, people are. Republicans will express how aghast they are at the behavior, galled they are. I mean, look at this. The president took one of our sacred memorials to an assassinated president and slapped his name on it. What's next? The Trump Lincoln Memorial. God bless America. He is putting his name on our wants, to put his name on our money, on our passports, on our park passes. (02:04–02:12)

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Asserts that the president put his name on a memorial dedicated to an assassinated president.

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