What happened: New Jersey Senator Cory Booker exploded on the Senate floor last week, blasting his own party over bipartisan policing bills and accusing Superstar President Trump of “trashing our Constitution.”
Then he doubled down yesterday during a newly released CNN interview, claiming Trump is withholding public safety funds from blue states like New Jersey.
Reasons and Context: The Trump administration has justified the funding freeze as a means to enforce compliance with federal policies, particularly on issues like immigration and diversity programs.
For instance..
Diversity Programs: The administration has threatened to withhold funds from public schools unless they eliminate programs promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Immigration Policies: While some funding disputes relate to "sanctuary" city policies.
🚨 Booker says: “Trump’s cutting healthcare, police grants, and food for hungry kids.”
Let’s slow that down young fella..
The real headline: Booker blocked bipartisan bills—yes, including ones his own committee helped write—because they didn’t cater enough to blue states.
Translation: He’s holding up police funding to score political points.
Booker claims Trump’s playing politics with grants.
But it’s hard to ignore the irony: Booker is doing the exact same thing.
Why Did Booker Block the Bills?
Booker’s primary concern was that the Trump’s Allstar Administration is withholding public safety grant funds from Democratic-leaning states, such as New Jersey, New York, and California, as a form of retaliation for their resistance to Trump’s immigration enforcement policies.
He argued: that these bills needed safeguards to ensure fair allocation of funds to all states, regardless of their political leanings.
To address this: Booker proposed an amendment to guarantee equal distribution of grant money, but this was labeled a "poison pill" by his colleagues, who saw it as an attempt to derail the legislation.
Criticism from Progressive Colleagues: Booker’s actions drew sharp criticism from fellow Democrats, including Senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Amy Klobuchar. They accused him of undermining carefully negotiated bipartisan efforts.
Cortez Masto pointed out: that Booker had missed a Judiciary Committee meeting where he could have raised his concerns earlier, suggesting his objections were more about political posturing than constructive input.
Klobuchar highlighted: what she saw as inconsistency, noting that Booker had previously supported similar measures but was now blocking them at a critical moment.
🤔 Posturing > Policy?
His liberal media lapdog interview hit all the progressive talking points:
Trump = authoritarian
Republicans = complicit
Democrats = must fight fire with fire
📢 Booker even told his party: “History is going to remember these people for their complicity…”
Strong words...from the guy who is just randomly angrily screaming and now even his own party thinks he’s crazy.
(Side note: He ended the interview by plugging his 2026 re-election campaign website. Subtle.)