Cory Booker Yells and Rants at Pro-USAID Protest: ‘It Is Time for Us to Fight!’

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BOOKER: "It's time for us to fight. And let's be clear, let's be clear about how we can fight. The Republicans won the White House, they won the House of Representatives, they won the United States Senate, they have majorities across Congress, but we are not powerless. We have agency, and we all must join together and fight in these ways, but the first thing we cannot do is allow them to weaken us by us turning against each other. (Cheering and Applause) This must be a coalition that grows and grows and grows. There can be no bystanders in this fight. It is time that we understand the only thing necessary for wrong to triumph is for right to do nothing, for right to be silent. And so understand this, there are legislators walking through here, but these are the ways we're going to fight. First of all, in the United States Senate, we will not cooperate. (Cheering and Applause) We are joining the leadership, we are joining the leadership already stated by Brian Schatz of Hawaii, that we will cooperate with no appointments when it comes to the State Department, no appointments when it comes to foreign policy.” (Cheering and Applause)