Cory Booker

The whole process is broken, especially as Lindsey Graham sits there. And it wasn't that many months ago that he said he would not be doing this, and to use his words against him.

This is not normal, and we cannot normalize it.

I am really grateful, Madam President. It has been said, and it is quite true, that the only thing necessary for evil to be triumphant is for good people to do nothing. Here we are at a time where we know our history. Since 9/11, the…

This election if I lose is rigged, he is telling his supporters that this is a rigged election.

People should be deciding this election. You have a president saying, it's -- the fix is in, it's going to be decided by a Supreme Court, and that's why I need to nominate this justice.

The words of the president of the United States is not calming, is not unifying, it's not bringing us together, it's not condemning this. It's actually inciting it.

This is one of the urgent regions reasons why that his nominee needs to recuse herself. Should she be appointed, she should recuse herself for the legitimacy of the court and for the sake of our -- of our democracy.

We know that the number one cause of terrorism in our country since 9/11 have been domestic right-wing extremist groups often motivated by white supremacy.

It's hard to ignore politics. I listened to the announcement. And we heard a lot of narrative that was lifted up, saying that this is justified, and her loss, her killing, her death was justified, and that this is a part of ensuring the…

We know that the president is watching closely, because the entire country is watching closely.

Well, first of all, I want to repeat what I told the Commonwealth of Kentucky yesterday, that justice failed us.

This president has a way that, again, dictators do.

We hear the narrative of law and order. We know that the president is watching closely, because the entire country is watching closely.

I rise at a time of great grief in our country. We have seen 200,000 fellow Americans perish due to COVID. In addition to that, we have seen heroes in our Nation fall during this period as well. Still, we have a heavy heart as we have seen…

Well, right now, Democratic senators (AUDIO GAP) speaking about persuasively in my opinion passionately (AUDIO GAP) the fact that we shouldn't move forward. There are six senators that still have not told us which way they're going to go.

This is exactly what the Russians want to have happen to our democracy, is for demagogues like him to further delegitimize the institutions that are important, and the process of elections be safe, fair elections.

This is the most important election of our lifetime. But now it's gone to a whole different level and stratosphere of importance for an election.

Let the people speak is what she wanted, and I think that's what the majority of the American people want.

In fact, we preserve a host of options to undo any damage, even if he's successful in putting this person on the Supreme Court.

Well, this is a person that has so attacked our democracy that he already said that he loses the election, it is therefore rigged. So, we know, he's telegraphing to us that he's going to try to delegitimize any election outcome unless he…

What we do know is he's going to find a judge that will do his bidding on issues of a woman's right to control her own body, Roe v. Wade is in jeopardy with this pick, as well as the ACA, which he said, let it fall was his desire…

This has been an era where I've had a difficult time struggling with the degree to which Donald Trump's presidency has been a moral violation after moral violation.

I'm hoping that this is a moment where America shows up. Regardless of what your political persuasion is, there is a clear way to go to honor how we set up the traditions of Merrick Garland that they are violated now with all that's at…

This is going to be a big test of integrity.

I will stand up for what's right without any equivocation whatsoever.