Secretary of state nominee Mike Pompeo is testifying today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, but it seems pretty safe to say that Cory Booker wishes the spotlight were on him instead. Because he’s doing his best to make himself the center of attention.
Before grilling Pompeo about his views on gay sex (really) …
Cory Booker presses Mike Pompeo about whether he believes gay sex is a perversion pic.twitter.com/ZhcU19eDpb
— Axios (@axios) April 12, 2018
Booker pressed Pompeo about outspoken anti-Islamist activist — and victim of Islamist terrorists — Brigitte Gabriel:
Did Cory Booker just call out Brigitte Gabriel?
I wonder if T-bone told him to ask that.
— Shay (@DeplorableShay) April 12, 2018
Hopefully T-Bone would be a little more respectful than this:
Booker: What about Brigitte Gabriel? Do you know her?
Pompeo: I do.
Booker: Someone who runs an organization that has been considered a hate group by the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center. Have you ever … were you silent … did you ever call her out on her remarks that are hateful or bigoted?
Pompeo: Senator, I’ve spoken to a number of groups, and my … I believe my record with respect to tolerance and the equal treatment of people—
Booker: But you were, you never … yes or no: Did you ever call her out?
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If anyone needs to be called out, it’s Booker. For being an ass.
Cory Booker is now attacking Islamic terror victim and Lebanese immigrant Brigitte Gabriel
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) April 12, 2018
Which of course is totally fine since he’s a Democrat https://t.co/gcztFJVyiO
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) April 12, 2018
He’s got a thing for getting pissy about women.
https://twitter.com/JudiTweets45/status/984475824819613696
Maybe he and Linda Sarsour can team up. As long as T-Bone doesn’t mind being a third wheel …
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