Booker accuses Democrats of being "complicit" in Trump's agenda in heated exchange with Senate colleagues
By Melissa Quinn, Kaia Hubbard
July 29, 2025
Sen. Cory Booker's tense exchange with two fellow Democrats marked a rare moment of intraparty disagreement that played out on the Senate floor.
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…"We are standing at a moment where our president is eviscerating the Constitution of the United States of America, and we're willing to go along with that today," he said. "No, no. Not on my watch. I stand against this. It is a violation of our Constitution for the president of the United States to ignore the will of Congress and decide which states are eligible for grants and which are not."
Booker accused Cortez Masto and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat who backs the legislative package, of lecturing him.
"What I am tired of is when the president of the United States violates the Constitution, trashes our norms and traditions and what does the Democratic Party do? Comply? Allow him? Beg for scraps? No. I demand justice," he said.
"We are standing at a moment where our president is eviscerating the Constitution of the United States of America, and we're willing to go along with that today," he said. "No, no. Not on my watch. I stand against this. It is a violation of our Constitution for the president of the United States to ignore the will of Congress and decide which states are eligible for grants and which are not."
Booker accused Cortez Masto and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat who backs the legislative package, of lecturing him.
"What I am tired of is when the president of the United States violates the Constitution, trashes our norms and traditions and what does the Democratic Party do? Comply? Allow him? Beg for scraps? No. I demand justice," he said.
Booker said the Democratic Party "needs a wake-up call."
"It's time for Democrats to have a backbone. It's time for us to fight. It's time for us to draw lines," he said, as his voice started rising. "Don't question my integrity. Don't question my motives."…
United States Senator, Corey Booker (D-NJ)