Booker to supporter who wanted him to punch Trump: 'Black guys like us, we don't get away with that'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) jokingly pushed back on one supporter who said he wanted the presidential candidate to "punch" President Trump in the face.

While speaking to members of the West Las Vegas church on Saturday morning, Booker also shared a story in which he encouraged one of his own supporters against violence.

“I go to these meetings sometimes – I talk a lot about this one, the time where a guy comes up to me in the beginning before I spoke and he says to me, ‘I want you to punch Donald Trump in the face.’ And I looked at him and I go, ‘sir, that’s a felony,’” Booker said laughingly in audio of his remarks provided to The Hill, before adding, “and black guys like us we don’t get away with that. We don’t get away with that.”

Booker then said he told the supporter to listen to how he addressed issues.

“But I actually encourage him, I go, ‘Sir, listen to me, and then come up to me afterwards if you still think Donald Trump should be punched in the face.’ And I spent my time talking about the issues like I have here,” he said.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/439879-booker-on-america-being-called-a-nation-of-tolerance

[comradebillyboy]

1. I like Booker a lot.

[lostnfound]

2. Me too. I think he has grown a lot in last few years

We have some great candidates

He seems more grounded than a few years ago