Usually when a Democratic politician goes on a late night comedy show, the host will tell the politician what a big fan they are, but on Wednesday, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker reversed the roles and gushed to ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel about how great he thinks he is. Naturally, Kimmel also made it clear he was a Booker fan as he later asked Booker to give him and his fellow liberals tactical political advice.
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Later, in the interview, Kimmel did make sure to get in the usual late night softballs, “I know you're a guy who likes to work with people, and I know that you probably have friends in the Senate who are Republicans. Do you get any sense from them that they acknowledge that this is happening?”
Booker affirmed Kimmel’s suspicions, “So this is the problem—first of all, yes. Absolutely. From Signalgate—I mean, when outrageous stuff happens, the conversations are clear. But this is the problem we have in the United States. We're seeing it with law firms, we're seeing it with universities. It was said by Jefferson, when the public fears their government, there is tyranny. When the government fears its people, there is liberty.”
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