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Cory Booker: We were founded not because we all prayed the same, not because we all looked the same, and not because we all heralded…

On the recordMarch 14, 2016
We were founded not because we all prayed the same, not because we all looked the same, and not because we all heralded from the same genealogy, but rather because we were a nation of ideals.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

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Booker emphasizes America's founding ideals of diversity and inclusion.

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