Cory Booker: I Will Not Apologize to Biden

‘The last thing is I know that I was raised to speak truth to power’

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BOOKER: “The vice president said I should no better this is what I know. As black man in America I know the harmful and hurtful use of the word boy. To dehumanize and degrade. Segregation through laws and language. Deeply wounded this nation and the present day manifestation of the work can be seen in black and brown communities like the one I go home to. I know that somebody running for president of the United States somebody running to be the leader of the party, should know that using the word boy in the way he did can cause hurt and pain. We need a presidential nominee and leader of the party. To be sensitive to that. The last thing is I know that I was raised to speak truth to power. And that I will never apologize for doing that. And vice president Biden shouldn’t need this lesson. And at a time when we have from the highest office in the land, a divisiveness. Racial hatred and bigotry. He should have the sensitivity to know that this is a time I need to be an ally and healer. And not engage in words that will harm folks.”

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