Cory Booker defends conduct toward female Cabinet secretary as 'on point'
By Julia Manchester - 01/17/18 05:01 PM EST
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Wednesday defended his questioning of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen during a hearing, after the Republican National Committee (RNC) accused him of "mansplaining."
"My conduct was on point, and my personal emotion in all of this should be understood. I will fight against bigotry, racism, sexism, homophobia wherever I see it because I have benefitted from people speaking up in years past and I will do the same," Booker, a potential 2020 presidential candidate, told CNN's Jake Tapper.
The RNC sent an email Wednesday slamming Booker, 48, as “Derogatory Cory," and urging readers to picture a Republican male senator “mansplaining†to a female Cabinet secretary.
The committee concluded the email with the phrase "nevertheless, she persisted," which was adopted by feminist groups after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) used it while justifying silencing Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on the Senate floor last year.
Booker disputed the charge that he had "mansplained."
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