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In reply to the discussion: US Sen. Cory Booker Refuses to Endorse Zohran Mamdani for NYC Mayor [View all]
SunSeeker
(57,587 posts)348. He endorsed Bloomberg when they were both mayors working to pass gun safety laws together.
That was in 2009. Not sure what you mean by "reached out" to Adams, but Booker has not endorsed any mayor since he's been Senator.
Numerous folks in this thread have explained why it could hurt Booker in a NJ statewide race to endorse Mamdani. He is not ignoring Mamdani, he is just staying out of it. It's not worth the risks. NJ statewide is a lot more conservative than NYC. As you and I discussed at length yesterday, 56% of registered voters in NYC are Democrats, but only 40% of voters in NJ are Democrats. Booker has much less leeway in NJ. I think he is walking the tightrope well.
Yes, we should "act as a party," and stop needlessly bashing good Dems like Booker. We need him in the senate.
Nancy Pelosi famously said she didn't care if other Dems distanced themselves from her or not. "Just win baby," she said. I bet if you asked Mamdani, he would say the same thing about Booker: Just win baby. Mamdani doesn't need nor has he asked for Booker's endorsement.
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but not unexpected -- Booker's campaigns were greatly assisted by Jewish power brokers (Shmuley, Boteach)
cadoman
Aug 2025
#106
You'll be sad to see that Booker has promised to work every day on the Virginia Attorney General race
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2025
#264
I sure as hell hope he wouldn't support Jones when he's running against another Democrat, and then ignore him
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2025
#270
Well, one DUer said "His time for electioneering needs to be focused on the people of NJ."
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2025
#344
"His time for electioneering needs to be focused on the people of NJ" is not longer operative, then?
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2025
#345
Any moment now someone's going to stop saying "AIPAC" and say "It's all about the Benjamins"...
Hekate
Aug 2025
#380
Hurray for the UUs. 😉 When we finally tied the knot, we went to the UU minister, and my 2 kids...
Hekate
Aug 2025
#383
+1. But it would have to be a singular master of statecraft with the intelligence, astuteness and charisma
vanessa_ca
Aug 2025
#134
OK so. If I remember correctly (sure to be corrected) Cory used to be similarly dismissed back when.
UTUSN
Aug 2025
#2
NYC'r. I've hung out in Bergan County for over 60 yrs. Good Luck to my Neighbor State NJ! Stay Blue!
electric_blue68
Aug 2025
#292
So supporting the Democratic nominee for a city that's directly tied to millions of your own voters is the 'okey-doke'?
Celerity
Aug 2025
#19
FFS, all he said was, "I have learned a long time ago, to let New York politics be New York politics.
SunSeeker
Aug 2025
#28
I don't hate Booker at all. I DO hate Trump, who's now in direct contact w/ serial sexual harasser/sore loser Cuomo
Celerity
Aug 2025
#30
I am not 'bashing' Booker at all. That is a flat out false frame you are trying to construct.
Celerity
Aug 2025
#33
That is a ridiculously false leap and a personal smear of me to say I am implying Booker is a 'traitor'. To disagree
Celerity
Aug 2025
#42
You are way out of bounds with your multiple false smears of me, falsely trying to
Celerity
Aug 2025
#55
I said NYC, which is right across the Hudson River from NJ and immensely linked to NJ at a multiplicity of levels is
Celerity
Aug 2025
#62
I can see why you're feeling defensive, but you got yourself well into the mix. Yardwork is right.
Hekate
Aug 2025
#242
endorsements from outside Senators are extremely rare -- just Sanders in 2017 by my count
cadoman
Aug 2025
#110
Hmmm. Trump is inserting himself into NYC mayoral politics, so there is definitely one person who benefits...
Hekate
Aug 2025
#234
Note that Booker is African American and Mamdani is African American and Muslim.
yardwork
Aug 2025
#237
Yes there is & they're hardly being bothered with "coding. " Looks like NYC mayoral race is a proxy war...
Hekate
Aug 2025
#253
Not supporting Democratic candidates in general elections only helps Trump
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2025
#64
I don't understand why "are you going to support him?" can't just be answered with "yes"
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2025
#163
Which is my point. Mamdani does indeed have a good chance of winning his NYC race.
SunSeeker
Aug 2025
#343
Booker, who endorsed a Republican Independent, and"reached out" to Adams
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2025
#346
He endorsed Bloomberg when they were both mayors working to pass gun safety laws together.
SunSeeker
Aug 2025
#348
Numerous people in this thread have bullshitted about Booker chickening out of supporting a Democrat
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2025
#349
Numerous people in this thread have "bullshitted" as you put it, but it wasn't the Booker supporters.
SunSeeker
Aug 2025
#350
1hank you. Divisive myths of Establishment vs Progressive, the Age Wars, slandering Dems as corrupt,
betsuni
Aug 2025
#40
Your open approval of a major Democrat refusing to support the Dem mayoral nominee in a contentious race is telling.
Celerity
Aug 2025
#22
The same people who haven't shut up for ten years about an actress not endorsing their beloved candidate are now ok...
Hassin Bin Sober
Aug 2025
#25
Your open bashing of a Democratic Senator is telling. Mamdani has a double digit polling lead.
SunSeeker
Aug 2025
#29
Wilfully false framing you are trying to erect. I am not 'bashing' Booker at all.
Celerity
Aug 2025
#34
Yes, you are bashing Booker. And you are the one constructing "false framing."
SunSeeker
Aug 2025
#37
Disagreeing with Booker is not bashing Booker. If disagreeing with a Democrat is now bashing them, then there are
Celerity
Aug 2025
#41
You falsely saying (3 times now) I am 'implying Booker's a traitor' is an outrageous direct smear and personal attack.
Celerity
Aug 2025
#48
You are the one who injected the whole 'traitor' wording, and tryied to false associate me with it by saying
Celerity
Aug 2025
#58
You are all over the thread with repeated attacks on me. I am simply replying to your multiple replies to me that you
Celerity
Aug 2025
#65
It was made about me and certainly not by my choice. I simply responded in my defence to multiple personal attacks and
Celerity
Aug 2025
#179
No, Celerity, you made it about you, and you were the one who started attacking.
SunSeeker
Aug 2025
#188
And here you go again. Proving my point. You keep coming at me over and over.
Celerity
Aug 2025
#211
Celerity, every post you cite is in response to your posts, and YOU started it with your post #19.
SunSeeker
Aug 2025
#280
Again you misrepresent what I said. I was criticising the support of a specific action (Booker not endorsing Mamdani)
Celerity
Aug 2025
#294
No, you attacked DUers for supporting Booker. Again, you refuse to answer my question and continue to deflect.
SunSeeker
Aug 2025
#314
You've been, on and off, having go after go at me for over TWENTY straight hours now in this thread, starting with post
Celerity
Aug 2025
#321
The "open approval" is hilarious. We supporters of Democrats on a forum supporting Democrats
betsuni
Aug 2025
#351
What are you talking about? The website the OP linked to is the online presence for The Alegemeiner Journal (aka The
Celerity
Aug 2025
#373
He's failed to support a Democrat who has a general election this year
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2025
#133
If it helps, then yes, I think Tlaib was dumb and hurt the Democrats
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2025
#161
You wilfully left off a lot of what I said, you took a small part and are now trying to spin it as if I was taking issue
Celerity
Aug 2025
#248
As has been pointed out, it was not a "refusal" it was a rather graceful dodge. If he had ...
Hekate
Aug 2025
#254
Kinda makes my point about why it was smart for Booker to stay out of the NYC race.
SunSeeker
Aug 2025
#44
My response was to the person who posted the giant picture of the Algemeiner headline and story.
lapucelle
Aug 2025
#252
Politically, afaict American Hasids are more closely aligned w American Evangelicals than w Democrats
Hekate
Aug 2025
#297
Link washing the source and then a mischaracterization of it as a "NYC Jewish newspaper"...
lapucelle
Aug 2025
#367
Indeed it is. And no, it does not reflect the opinions of most Jewish Americans or Jewish New Yorkers.
lapucelle
Aug 2025
#313
You are absolutely correct! He should be able to endorse or not-endorse whomever he wants or doesn't want to.
Oopsie Daisy
Aug 2025
#74
Good grief. Booker is at least a generation younger than the geriatric set in charge.
Hekate
Aug 2025
#291
If Mamdani needs every Democrat in the United States to endorse him to win MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY...
W_HAMILTON
Aug 2025
#339
There is a significant difference between a spontaneous, unsolicited formal endorsement
Fiendish Thingy
Aug 2025
#363
It's negative framing, but it's the truth and there's a lot of disappointment about this the party needs to address
vanessa_ca
Aug 2025
#126
Were you this upset with Rashida Tlaib urging her constituents not to support Harris?
yardwork
Aug 2025
#128
The irony is that the Journal cited in the OP obviously thinks it's a good thing Booker didn't endorse.
SunSeeker
Aug 2025
#53
It's stubbornly nasty when there's an almost religious fervor that only they are right, moral, smarter,
betsuni
Aug 2025
#387
Believe them, when they show you who they are..... Follow the flow of $ to Booker from AIPAC
Bread and Circuses
Aug 2025
#26
Booker was the only Dem to vote in favor of Charles Kushner (felon) to be Ambassador to France
IcyPeas
Aug 2025
#35
How very...... end- justifies-the-means and CYA of him. Even if it's not ethical or progressive of him.
Ping Tung
Aug 2025
#45
Mamdani is winning by double digits. Booker is just making sure he wins reelection.
SunSeeker
Aug 2025
#47
All throughout 2024 Zohran demanded that Kamala Harris "earn" his support
Justice Brandeis
Aug 2025
#56
Is this any different than Rashida Tlaib refusing to endorse VP Harris? Are the same folks who are upset about
lostincalifornia
Aug 2025
#70
I know, right? Blurting out and injecting random off-topic thoughts seems... odd.
Oopsie Daisy
Aug 2025
#75
It has to do with my opinion that the dem leadership could stand a refresh.
CentralMass
Aug 2025
#103
The moderate and conservative Dems will never vote for her over Jeffries. They (with Pelosi aiding them) blocked AOC
Celerity
Aug 2025
#72
I see no difference in Rashida Tlaib refusing to endorse VP Harris, and this.
lostincalifornia
Aug 2025
#69
Well... one BIG difference is that Booker isn't encouraging people to cast a protest-vote or to abstain from voting.
Oopsie Daisy
Aug 2025
#76
Yes, and thank-you. One additional point is that Booker is a Senator from New Jersey, NOT New York.
lostincalifornia
Aug 2025
#118
I know, right? I like Senator Booker... and apparently so do his constituents.
Oopsie Daisy
Aug 2025
#130
The only difference is one is a mayoral race being nationalized and the other was an actual national...
PunkinPi
Aug 2025
#78
All excellent points, and as you point out indirectly, Booker is a Senator from New Jersey, NOT NY.
lostincalifornia
Aug 2025
#119
What a surprise. As it pertains to this non-issue... who specifically do you "blame" and for what?
Oopsie Daisy
Aug 2025
#79
I support Senator Booker. He's free to remain noncommittal. At least he's not urging people to vote "Uncommitted" or *
Oopsie Daisy
Aug 2025
#85
Well, if you don't want to answer my question, that's fine. I don't have time for games.
Oopsie Daisy
Aug 2025
#94
With all this faux-outrage, one might falsely assume he'd told voters to vote for "UNCOMMITTED" or to vote *
Oopsie Daisy
Aug 2025
#80
Why in the world would a Senator from New Hersey endorse a mayoral candidate in another state?
Ursus Rex
Aug 2025
#83
Because nearly half a million who live in New Jersey work in New York City? (nt)
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2025
#137
What a waste-of-space answer. And now we know he did endorse for NYC mayor before.
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2025
#347
I expect the next time someone starts a thread about how all the govs are unacceptable to run for POTUS...
Hekate
Aug 2025
#316
And yet Cory Booker enthusiastically voted yes to make ex-con Kushner ambassador to France.
Scrivener7
Aug 2025
#92
Enthusiastically? Was he dancing? Cheering? Waving flags and banners? Wearing a party hat? Holding balloons?
Oopsie Daisy
Aug 2025
#96
OK, but right now, don't you think it's important that every Democratic candidate gets full-throated support from
Scrivener7
Aug 2025
#105
This article is a deliberate attempt to stir up controversy where there is none
Quiet Em
Aug 2025
#104
Perhaps, but it sure seems that a good number in this thread are not happy that a New Jersey Senator isn't
lostincalifornia
Aug 2025
#120
One thing is for certain: Mamdani's candidacy is great for the Democratic Party.
David__77
Aug 2025
#135
It's the same old divisive bullshit stirred up by people who want Republicans to win.
yardwork
Aug 2025
#143
Populist conspiracy theories of evil corrupt enemies who will stop at nothing to thwart their heroes,
betsuni
Aug 2025
#205
He's not gonna do anything to jeopardize the flow of that sweet, sweet AIPAC money nt
Rob H.
Aug 2025
#171
A tiny portion of the US population, yet somehow responsible for the troubles of the whole country
Hekate
Aug 2025
#325
IF? They've given him $870K+ and he posed in a group photo with war criminal Netanyahu in DC less than a month ago nt
Rob H.
Aug 2025
#251
My takeaway from this thread is that I'm beyond sick and tired of hearing about the NYC mayoral race
BannonsLiver
Aug 2025
#195
He is correct to point out that he's in New Jersey, and New Yorkers can figure this out. Is he wrong?
Hekate
Aug 2025
#223
Had to click on the link to find the name of the source: The Algemeiner. Why do I not know them?
Hekate
Aug 2025
#236
Chuck Schumer was the only Senator to endorse Eric Adams for NYC Mayor in 2021
Quiet Em
Aug 2025
#272
Booker "reached out" to Adams in 2021. Why does Booker being Mayor in 2009 matter?
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2025
#274
This Algemeiner paper is a Orthodox Jewish Publication for the Hasidic Community. From Pew Reseach...
electric_blue68
Aug 2025
#312
The OP is missing and presumed just looking for excitement. 317 posts and no sign of he who posted first.
Hekate
Aug 2025
#317
Discovering a new nitpicking Democrat-bashing source is very very exciting! Like a dog running home
betsuni
Aug 2025
#369
As usual, Democrats never get the benefit of the doubt, their motives assumed to be nefarious,
betsuni
Aug 2025
#359
And the source of the link-washed story turns out to be a right wing website
lapucelle
Aug 2025
#368
Yeah, there are a 1,000 more pressing things than an irrelevant endorsement.
themaguffin
Aug 2025
#365