Cory ‘Spartacus’ Booker has officially thrown his hat into the ring to run for president in 2020:
KKTV – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker on Friday declared his bid for the presidency in 2020 with a sweeping call to unite a deeply polarized nation around a “common purpose.”
“I believe that we can build a country where no one is forgotten, no one is left behind; where parents can put food on the table; where there are good-paying jobs with good benefits in every neighborhood; where our criminal justice system keeps us safe, instead of shuffling more children into cages and coffins; where we see the faces of our leaders on television and feel pride, not shame,” Booker said in a video message to supporters, subtly jabbing at President Donald Trump.
“It is not a matter of can we, it’s a matter of do we have the collective will, the American will?” he added. “I believe we do.”
Booker enters what’s shaping up to be a crowded presidential primary, with three of his fellow Democratic senators — Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Kamala Harris of California and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York — already either declared or exploring a run. But he’s spent months telegraphing his intentions to join the race, visiting the early-voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina to build connections with key powerbrokers. He already has slated trips back to those states later this month.
Looks like the Democrat field is filling up. So far we have:
- Kamala Harris
- Elizabeth Warren
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Julian Castro
- Tulsi Gabbard
- John Delaney
- Pete Buttigieg
- Marianne Williamson
- Andrew Yang
With Booker, than makes 10 Democrats who’ve officially declared. And there’s another 10 to 15 that look like they will run for president, including Biden, Sanders, Bloomberg.
It’s amazing that many have already announced their presidential ambitions.
Republicans had 17 running for president back in 2016 and I thought that was a lot. Looks like these anti-Trumpers could make that number looks small in the Democratic primary this year!