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.@CoryBooker is asked: Do you believe that Donald Trump is a racist?

Booker: "...I don’t know the heart of anybody. I’ll leave that to the Lord. I know there are a lot of people who profess the ideology of white supremacy that use his words...
2/"...and I believe his failure to condemn bigotry and racism, I believe that when he makes comments about African countries, when he challenges and demeans the ability of a federal job to do their job because of their ancestry that’s bigoted language....
3/"...There’s no way around that. But I just want everybody to know, I’m going to run a race not about who I’m against or what I’m against, but who I’m for and what I’m for. I’m not even looking to simplistically beat Republicans. No, I’m looking to unite Americans in this race..
4/"... because I believe we have more in common than what divides us. I believe that this reflexive partisanship is undermining our ability to find common ground and get common sense things done. We right now agree on enough to make big changes in America...
5/"...To drive down healthcare costs, to drive up student achievement, to fix our infrastructure, to provide better education, to make us safer and stronger and more prosperous."
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