Booker: I am not Spartacus
By Alexander Bolton - 09/14/18 06:02 AM EDT
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) told The Hill Thursday that he did not intend to compare himself to Spartacus during last week’s Supreme Court confirmation —a moment that put him squarely in the political spotlight but also led to some mockery.
Booker, who is widely seen as preparing for a White House run in 2020, says he has no regrets about his “Spartacus†moment.
“It doesn’t take away from the larger point and, again, all of this is about the larger point. We have documents that have been hidden from the public, that shouldn’t have been hidden from the public,†Booker said Thursday.
Booker certainly gained attention with his theatrics. A film crew with Showtime’s “The Circus†camped in the hallway outside Booker’s office on Thursday to shoot an impromptu interview with him.
“After I was threatened with expulsion and had my character challenged, I was very happy that colleague after colleague after colleagues stepped up,†Booker said.
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