The Breakfast Club: Cory Booker On 2020 Presidential Run, Big Pharma, Domestic Agenda

[Let A Fro Be A Fro]

LGBT groups: So what's your LGBT agenda?
Corny Booker: I have an agenda for Americans of ALL sexual orientations/identities.

Latinos: So what's your agenda for la raza?
Corny Booker: I have an agenda for Americans of ALL races/immigrant statuses.

Wall Street: What is your agenda for the one percent?
Corny Booker: I have an agenda for Americans of ALL tax brackets.

None of these situations would ever happen.

 

[southern.girl]

Oh really?

What would reparations look like and how would you know it?

Well I know one thing for sure. Reparations will not include other demographics like baby bonds. You blind dems really have a low opinion of people that disagree with you. And then you have the nerve to wonder why black voters are abandoning your chosen politicians.

 

[deeznutz93]

I can see what you're saying. But there is a huge difference between pushing an agenda and finding one.

Gay people wanted to be married. It was their agenda. Politicians who want that vote, pander to the agenda raised.

In the first 5 minutes, Cory Booker is asked "what is your agenda for black people" and is supposed to have an answer...that's a different conversation.

Maybe, we (as black people) should get a uniform agenda that we can all push so we can ask politicians SPECIFIC questions. A gay person asking a politician "Do you support my rights to get married" is more direct and specific than a black person saying "what is your plan for black people".

I think it's a different conversation if we say, "we want reparations from slavery. Germany has given X to Jews, Japanese were given Y from the US government, what is your direct response or plan for our agenda and repaying us" OR "what is your comprehensive plan for police reform for the country, is that a platform you are going to push?" because those are specific agendas and not just "what are you going to do for us" but rather "here is what we want, are you riding with us or not?"

People can't just go around saying tangible's. State want you want from your politicians.

 

[Kerkum]

Great Value Obama but with extra corn. He literally makes my stomach turn

 

[Max Power]

If these politicians had even the slightest respect for black people they could say something like "incentives and grants to African American business owners to encourage and increase self sufficiency within the community." Little steps. But they're literally laughing or calling us trolls.

 

[ultraflexed]

Do you realistically think a presidential candidate will run solely on black issues? In what universe.

This illustrates the trap that Af-Ams are in, within the US.

It doesn't have to be black issues "soley" but they do have to address aados issues along with there overall agenda

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

It doesn't have to be black issues "soley" but they do have to address aados issues along with there overall agenda

Marianne Wilson is better

 

[Scustin Bieburr]

B

I mean take it with a grain of salt . I don't know anything about him, but in order to win the presidency, he can't just speak to Black Americans. Black Americans won't carry him through the DNC and they won't carry him through the Presidency. In today's "bite sized clips" media, if he says the wrong thing, any of his competitors will use that as fodder that he is ONLY going to cater to Black Americans. It's a tough line to tow. If he comes out and says "I have this specific plan for Black Americans" then any "other" subsection of Americans can question why he doesn't have a specific plan for them (but but what about LGBTQ Americans, what about Hispanic Americans, what about White Americans, etc. etc.). Even though he is black, mentioning specific policies that don't blanket ALL Americans becomes a slippery slope opening him up for criticism. I'm with you on the skepticism, but sometimes we gotta think a little broader. Hilary did the same thing on the BC.

(I get that one lady candidate is running on a platform that directly mentions reparations and how that can refute my argument. The thing about her though is that she is not and has not been elected to public office before. I fully plan on voting for the Democratic out of the primaries though, full disclosure)

He does mention the mass incarceration reform and the baby bonds which - although they aren't black specifically and singularly - they definitely affect black people in a positive way. I would imagine being the second black man running for president is harder than being the first. The "uniqueness" has worn off. He can't rely on a lot of things that Obama was able to. If we want another black man in office, there has to be an understanding both ways. The whole " if he isn't outwardly and singularly pro black" isn't realistic for any candidate. A candidate that has policies that speak so specifically to a minority in a white majority country has zero chance of winning the office.

Dont defend his lack of skill. He could have said how what the policies he is supporting will benefit black people specifically. E.G. more money for infrastructure to repair housing in black areas or single payer healthcare as black people are disproportionally represented in things like type 2 diabetes hospitalizations or stress related illness.

 

[Dr. Acula]

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Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ). Photo by Jacob Kornbluh


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[get these nets]

Do you realistically think a presidential candidate will run solely on black issues? In what universe.

This illustrates the trap that Af-Ams are in, within the US.

I'm not sure it's a trap or that it's specific to AAs. There are Black citizens who don't identify as AA, who have specific issues also.
The level headed Black people, both AA and other. approach politics from a rational standpoint,though. Not the emotional level that makes people easy to manipulate.
If you're not part of some voting bloc, national union,etc or don't have lobbyists/pacs that promote your interests..then politicians are not concerned about you. Maybe on a local level, but not on a national level.
That the candidate looks like you, or in the case of Booker is a certified/stamped member of your ethnic group doesn't change this reality.

Now, it's not a trap because there are ways to leverage your numbers and economics. The same way a smaller army will use guerilla strategy facing a bigger army.
If people weren't distracted by the okey doke, Black voters in America could develop, test, and expand these tactics.

With the growing Latino population, this is a very pivotal time for Black people in America. Future generations will judge us very harshly for the decisions we make and the people we choose to follow.

 

[Self_Born7]

glad to see my people finally waking up... THESE KNEEGROWS THEY THROW AT US, WILL NEVER HAVE OUR BEST INTEREST AS LONG AS THEIR ONLY INTEREST IS FEEDING AND SUPPORTING WHITE SUPREMACY AND ITS AGENDA!

stop wasting time wasting time with those tap dancers in washington... they done sold us out and turn their backs against us the minute they step foot on the capital.

 

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Subs

 

[BiggWebb79]

The baby bonds would be a form of reparations without calling it such, how can someone be against that

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

This

He can't be going out in public all "say mang I'm about to do this/that yada yada for all my black Americans out there"

Perfect way to shoot yourself in the foot when running for office

Is that the only way he could have gotten that point across

 

[Noriega]

He tiptoed around the black agenda question and I immediately lost interest.

No candidate who wants to win a national election is going to say they have a specific agenda for us

Yall nikkas live in lala land for expecting a mainstream candidate to say that shyt