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Cory Booker: “Tribalism is already making it difficult to do common sense…”

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

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Cory Booker calls for new leaders, says Democrats have 'failed this moment'

Published | Video Starts at 04:08

He may be abandoning that ideal of sacred honor, but we need a return to it, an urgency to return to it in our country. Hate is going to tear our country apart. Tribalism is already making it difficult to do common sense things. Americans don't want leaders that will show how great they are at beating others down. They want a new generation of leaders that show that they can lift the whole country up. (04:08–04:14)

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Asserts that tribalism hinders the ability to accomplish common sense actions.

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