What makes Cory Booker run? Bain Capital controversy exposes Newark mayor's ties to big money
theGRIO REPORT - Officials in Newark, who knew Cory Booker, before he became a regular headline maker weren't surprised that the mayor had delivered another controversial statement...
“I am very upset that I am being used by the GOP this way and it’s, uh, while I thought today I was going to be quiet, I’ve been pushed so far that you are going to hear a lot from me to the extent possible and to the extent that President Obama and his campaign want to hear from me.”
Maddow introduced Booker with a list of Republican surrogates who had gone “off message” recently but none have had to backtrack or caused as much confusion and ridicule as the outspoken Newark mayor who attempted to to explain to Maddow what went wrong during theMeet the Press interview.
“I need to go on and clarify because obviously I did things in the Meet the Pressinterview, as I told you, that did not land the points that I was trying to make and in some ways, you know, frustratingly, I think I conflated the attacks that the Republicans were making with Jeremiah Wright with some of the attacks on the left, and those can’t even be equated.”
Officials in Newark, who knew Cory Booker, before he became a regular headline maker weren’t surprised that the mayor had delivered another controversial statement, but the reaction was mixed about his intentions.
