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Showing Original Post only (View all)If a video surfaced of Cory Booker and a friend joking in law school about raping white women [View all]
would you:
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Insist he drop out of the presidential race but keep his Senate seat | |
0 (0%) |
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Insist he drop out of the presidential race and resign from the Senate | |
7 (70%) |
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Insist he should continue running for president and stay in the Senate because this was in the past and he's done a lot of good things since law school | |
3 (30%) |
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2 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided. | |
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If a video surfaced of Cory Booker and a friend joking in law school about raping white women [View all]
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
OP
Nancy - you're one of my favorites here, but I strongly disagree with you on this
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#8
To me there is no question that it would be a disqualifier for POTUS primary...
RockRaven
Feb 2019
#6
The ONLY reason this would disqualify him is that it would make it hard for him to win?
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#11
Not even close to what I wrote. "Only" and "unquestionably" are not even on the same axes.
RockRaven
Feb 2019
#16
Hell, this was a doctor making a racist joke, which makes it actually worse. Why would anyone trust
still_one
Feb 2019
#7
So, you think there are some instances where it's ok to joke about raping women?
EffieBlack
Feb 2019
#18
7. Is it a sarcastic caricature of people who genuinely DO joke about such things?
RockRaven
Feb 2019
#22