Cory Booker: “I appreciate being recognized right now. But I would be remiss if I let Jon Tester leave the floor without telling some…”

“I appreciate being recognized right now. But I would be remiss if I let Jon Tester leave the floor without telling some of the truth about this guy. All the niceties here are making me a little nauseous. I want to set the record straight and say for the record, for the rest of the history of this country going forward, that I want it to be known that I do not like Jon Tester. So I want a rebuttal. I need to clear the record. He has had his piece, and I want my piece. I came to the Senate as this kind of naive guy. I did not think the Senate would be like what I experienced. I got here in earnest. My idea for who a Senator was, was very set in stone. I watched great movies about the U.S. Senators. I saw ``Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.'' And then I met Jon Tester, who is more like a combination of John Belushi and John Wick go to Washington. I didn't know Senators cursed until I got here and met Jon Tester. I think, if I remember the exact first quote that Jon Tester said to me, it was: Booker, I didn't think you were much. I thought you were a big hole--and there was a word in between that--but now I realize you are not a big hole; you are really not that big. This was the beginning of a relationship. (Laughter.) I have to say, I was the guy who played college football. I have some scars still from running into the likes of Junior Seau. But I literally wear physical scars because of my hitting Jon Tester.…”