Cory Booker actually said...
the pain of our past persists to this day. In Kentucky, like many states throughout the South, lynching was a tool of terror. It was used to kill hopes for freedom. It was used to kill my ancestors.
Context
Charles Booker reflects on the historical impact of lynching and his candidacy as the first black Kentuckian to receive the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.
06/01/2022