Cory Booker: “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. That word is difficult to say, but it seems like that happened quicker than even my…”

“supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. That word is difficult to say, but it seems like that happened quicker than even my saying that word. With something so important as this, I was hoping for more of an understanding of why this is being blocked. Again, perhaps one of the greatest marks of this institution, in my 10 years of experience, has been the times we have come together-- multiple times--to make our justice system more just. This seems, to me, to be obstructionist to the hopes that we can be a nation that ends this partisanship, that ends this unnecessary partisanship--excuse me--and that ends the sort of tribalism that is making this institution less operative. We all come here from various parts of our great Nation to get things done, and there seems to be this pattern in the United States of America of our finding less comity, less togetherness. I love what Martin Luther King said; that we are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied with a garment of destiny, in that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. When it comes to the exercise of justice in our country, it is clear, by not having a bipartisan majority sitting on this body, that we create injustice, which, ultimately, hurts our democracy and our highest ideals.…”