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Booker on Platner: 'That guy has questions to answer'
Key takeaways
- ABC s Jonathan Karl asked Booker on This Week about whether this and other controversies may jeopardize Democratic hopes to get that Senate seat in Maine?
- Yes, I have concerns, Booker replied.
- But Booker emphasized that if Democrats do not win back both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections in the fall, we will continue to have an out-of-control president.
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Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Sunday said Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner has questions to answer following reports that he allegedly shared sexually explicit messages with multiple other women.
ABC s Jonathan Karl asked Booker on This Week about whether this and other controversies may jeopardize Democratic hopes to get that Senate seat in Maine?
Yes, I have concerns, Booker replied. That guy has questions to answer. And that s what campaigns are for.
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