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Cory Booker: “There was Plessy versus Ferguson. There was Korematsu. There…”

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

'My soul and my heart ache': Sen. Booker reflects on the gutting of the Voting Rights Act

Published May 17, 2026 | Video Starts at 05:03

And I want to know where you are. You will be counted. History will look back on where you stood. There was Plessy versus Ferguson. There was Korematsu. There was so many Supreme Court cases that challenged our democracy, and the people responded and they overcame. What did you do in the aftermath of Calais to show that you were for fair elections, fair representation and a fair democracy? Senator, you were in Alabama yesterday. (05:03–05:17)

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