Cory Booker said "Joe Biden did what Ronald Reagan did by saying, hey, look, we have been excluding large percentages of our population, if not the majority of our population. It`s about time we reach deep into the well of quality and genius and talent and credentials for a black woman, and show America that she is like Jackie Robinson was, somebody that was probably overqualified to be in the National Baseball League, but came forward and showed us what the full talent and array of American potential is." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 20, 2022

Joe Biden did what Ronald Reagan did by saying, hey, look, we have been excluding large percentages of our population, if not the majority of our population. It`s about time we reach deep into the well of quality and genius and talent and credentials for a black woman, and show America that she is like Jackie Robinson was, somebody that was probably overqualified to be in the National Baseball League, but came forward and showed us what the full talent and array of American potential is.

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Cory Booker

Democratic · New Jersey

Source

msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Cory Booker compared Biden's nomination of Judge Jackson to Reagan's efforts to diversify the Supreme Court.

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