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According to Ballotpedia, {{quotebox|"during his 2013 run for U.S. Senate.... along with some of Booker's other comments, led to various rumors speculating that he may have been [[homosexual]]. However, rather than dispelling these rumors, Booker seemed to welcome them, stating that sexuality should not be important anyway. In one interview with ''[[The Washington Post]]'', Booker explained, "And people who think I'm gay, some part of me thinks it's wonderful. Because I want to challenge people on their [[homophobia]]. I love seeing on [[Twitter]] when someone says I'm gay, and I say, 'So what does it matter if I am? So be it. I hope you are not voting for me because you are making the presumption that I'm straight.'"... After Booker admitted to an interviewer from the magazine, ''Du Jour'', that he enjoyed manicures and pedicures... Booker explained  "It's this guilty pleasure I have. Look, manis are good, but pedis — there's something ... transformative."<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Cory_Booker</ref>}} Booker has been accused of [[ethical]] violations in [[leak]]ing confidential information, which he boasted about,<ref>https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/09/07/politics/mitch-mcconnell-cory-booker-supreme-court-hearing-brett-kavanaugh/index.html</ref> during the [[Kavanaugh smear]] attempt. The Senate rules violation carries a maximum penalty of expulsion from the Senate.

According to Ballotpedia, {{quotebox|"during his 2013 run for U.S. Senate.... along with some of Booker's other comments, led to various rumors speculating that he may have been [[homosexual]]. However, rather than dispelling these rumors, Booker seemed to welcome them, stating that sexuality should not be important anyway. In one interview with ''[[The Washington Post]]'', Booker explained, "And people who think I'm gay, some part of me thinks it's wonderful. Because I want to challenge people on their [[homophobia]]. I love seeing on [[Twitter]] when someone says I'm gay, and I say, 'So what does it matter if I am? So be it. I hope you are not voting for me because you are making the presumption that I'm straight.'"... After Booker admitted to an interviewer from the magazine, ''Du Jour'', that he enjoyed manicures and pedicures... Booker explained  "It's this guilty pleasure I have. Look, manis are good, but pedis — there's something ... transformative."<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Cory_Booker</ref>}} Booker has been accused of [[ethical]] violations in [[leak]]ing confidential information, which he boasted about,<ref>https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/09/07/politics/mitch-mcconnell-cory-booker-supreme-court-hearing-brett-kavanaugh/index.html</ref> during the [[Kavanaugh smear]] attempt. The Senate rules violation carries a maximum penalty of expulsion from the Senate.

Booker lept to the defense of [[Jussie Smollett]], who was convicted of 5 [[felon]]ies in a [[hate crime hoaxc]].  Smollett was attempting to incite a race war in America.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10289921/How-Jussie-Smolletts-lies-impacted-America.html</ref>

Booker lept to the defense of [[Jussie Smollett]], who was convicted of 5 [[felon]]ies in a [[hate crime hoax]].  Smollett was attempting to incite a race war in America.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10289921/How-Jussie-Smolletts-lies-impacted-America.html</ref>

==Newark mayor==

==Newark mayor==