No other Democrat senator supported convicted felon Charles Kushner for a top diplomatic role.

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    His sincerity has been lacking for awhile now. This kind of puts the final nail in. There is no reason in the world that would be okay that he approved this guy, other than he hit the wrong button by mistake.

    Booker, who has been touted as a potential 2028 presidential candidate following his mammoth 25-hour speech criticizing Trump, has come under fire for siding with Republicans to confirm a man the president pardoned for crimes including tax evasion and lying to the Federal Election Commission.

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      He was always in big pharms pocket. He just did a good job at tricking people who didn’t follow him closely because he makes himself very seen and vocal at rallies and protests that aren’t against people who line his pockets.

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          That’s not representing the people, that’s representing the corporations that are bribing(?), extorting(?) him to vote that way.

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              So what you’re telling me is, it’s okay to sacrifice the rest of the country for your own state. Let’s also know for a fact that pharma would pick up and leave if it was feasibly possible because it was cheaper, no matter how he votes.

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                  So I understand you likely are against any universal healthcare in our country? Because of jobs?

                  There’s always more healthcare staff needed everywhere, maybe if education and trainings for those jobs wasn’t so expensive…

                  Not every person in New Jersey works for big pharma. There are other folks too, Booker should be representing all of them, not just the ones who pay him off.

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              Representing the people is representing the people.

              Representing the interests of the mega corps that is trying to extract labor from that populace while also overcharging for their product is not representing those people that perform the labor and but the product.

              This is not complicated