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♪♪♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY,
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WE'RE BACK WITH SENATOR CORY BOOKER.
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WE WERE TOGETHER, I THINK, IN JUNE OF 2020, AND ON THAT NIGHT
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TWO THINGS T HAD JUST HAPPENED.
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I BELIEVE THAT THE -- IN LAFAYETTE SQUARE, NOW "BLACK
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LIVES MATTER" PLAZA, TRUMP HAD SENT OUT FEDERAL MILITARY
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TROOPS, FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TROOPS TO PEPPER SPRAY, TO GAS,
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TO RUBBER BULLET PEACEFUL PROTESTERS SO HE COULD HAVE HIS
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BIBLE-HOLDING MOMENT, AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE SAME NIGHT
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THAT RAND PAUL PREVENTED THE PASSING OF THE ANTI-LYNCHING
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LEGISLATION IN THE SENATE.
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YOU WERE A LITTLE UPSET THAT NIGHT.
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HOW DO YOU FEEL WHEN YOU SEE THE LACK OF PREPAREDNESS BY SECURITY
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FORCES ON THE DAY OF THE PRESIDENT'S RALLY COMPARED TO
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HOW THE "BLACK LIVES MATTER" PROTESTORS WERE TREATED ON THAT
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DAY AND ON MANY DAYS IN MANY CITIES?
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>> I MEAN, IT'S THE HURTFUL HYPOCRISY THAT THERE ARE MANY IN
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THIS COUNTRY WHO KNOW VERY WELL THE DIFFERENT TREATMENT THAT IS
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GIVEN TO DIFFERENT GROUPS IN OUR NATION, AND I KNOW THIS FROM
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GOING TO UNIVERSITIES LIKE STANFORD AND YALE AND WATCHING A
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DRUG CULTURE THAT EXISTS IN MOST COLLEGES WITH LITTLE TO NO
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ACCOUNTABILITY, AND I WATCH WHAT HAPPENS IN THE COMMUNITY I LIVE
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IN NOW.
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WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT JUSTICE SYSTEMS, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT
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LEVELS OF TREATMENT AND, SO, YEA, IT HURTS AND IT, FRANKLY
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ENRAGES ME.
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AND AGAIN, WHAT MAKES ME MORE WORRIED IS NOT -- IS NOT SIMPLY
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THAT THIS EXISTS, BUT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH
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THIS.
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IT DOESN'T DISTURB THEM AT THE CORE OF THEIR BEING THAT THEY
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KNOW THAT MY JUSTICE AND YOUR JUSTICE ARE INTERWOVEN,
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INTERCONNECTED, AND, THEREFORE, IF YOU ARE FACING THIS KIND OF
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HYPOCRISY THAT BEARS UPON HOW YOU PROTEST OR HOW YOU DRIVE
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YOUR CAR OR WHAT HAVE YOU, THEN I HAVE AN OBLIGATION, YOU AS MY
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BROTHER OR SISTER, I HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
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IT.
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AND WE'RE FAILING IN THIS COUNTRY, AND IT'S A POVERTY OF
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EMPATHY TO ALL WHO JOIN TOGETHER IN COMMON CAUSE TO DEAL WITH
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WHAT I BELIEVE IS THIS PERSISTENT DISLOCATION THAT
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EXISTS WITHIN CRIMINAL JUSTICE, ONE LAW ENFORCEMENT, WITHIN OUR
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SOCIETY.
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>> Stephen: BEFORE WE GO, I HAVE ONE COMPLETELY UNRELATED
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QUESTION TO ANYTHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SO FAR, BUT IT IS
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AN ENTERTAINMENT SHOW, AND I KNOW, BESIDES BEING A SENATOR,
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YOU ARE A HUGE NERD.
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( LAUGHTER ) I ALREADY KNEW THAT YOU WERE
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DATING ROUGH CZARO DAWSON -- ROW ROSARIO DAWSON.
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WHAT IS IT LIKE DATING HER?
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>> I DON'T CALL HER A DROPOUT TO HER FACE BECAUSE SHE ACTUALLY
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TRAINS IN MARTIAL ARTS NOW.
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>> Stephen: SURE.
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IT IS PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY.
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WE ALL ARE INCREDIBLY BLESSED, AND THAT IS ONE OF MY BLESSINGS,
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AND, YOU KNOW, I PRAY ON THIS MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY THAT WE
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ALL CAN BE ONE IN THE FORCE, SO TO SPEAK, AND, GOD WILLING, MAY
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THAT FORCE BE ONE OF LOVE FOR ALL OF US.
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>> STEPHEN: SENATOR CORY BOOKER, EVERYBODY!
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WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY "INFINITY SONG."
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