So I went to a Town Hall meeting featuring Senator Cory Booker the other night [Long]

[SteveO]

I like Booker, he has some good things to say. But actions speak louder...Booker the freshman Senator apparently receives the MOST money from Wall Street of ANY member of Congress. Even more than McConnell.

Sen. Cory Booker received $1.87 million from the securities and investment industry, making him the top recipient of Wall Street money this election cycle, according to federal election donations analyzed by the Center for Responsive Politics.

The Center's Viveca Novak said that this flow of money is surprising for a freshman Senator.

“Wall Street actually used to give more to Democrats, but in more recent years has been favoring the Republicans a lot more,” Novak said. “So for Booker to draw so much money from that industry is unusual.”

Republican Mitch McConnell got the second highest draw from Wall Street – $1.26 million.

https://www.wnyc.org/story/booker-gets-m...te-member/

If you want to support him, Harris, Gillibrand, fine. Just know they are basically owned by the banks and corps. I'm asking this in all sincerity: How is anything ever going to change substantively for us regular people — and for people who struggle just to put a roof over their head and food on the table — while the foxes are "guarding" the chicken coop? Do you really believe they're gonna stand up and tell the bankers no? Stand up and put people in jail who need to be in jail? Stand up and even give proper oversight of this industry that clearly needs to be watched 24/7/365?

[RgrF]

SteveO has this right.

Biden, Booker, Hildebrand or Harris would just be more of the same. If the last election didn't prove to you the more of the same is not what voters on either side are looking for, nothing ever will.

Political junkies tend to get so caught up in nuance they lose sight of the forest for the trees, voters don't care about position papers. They look for leadership and at clarity of message. That message had better be succinct.

[vision63]

Where specifically has Booker cowed to Wall Street interests is a better concern. You can receive not a penny from Wall Street and dutifully do their bidding for them.

Actions have potential consequences. Everybody tells me about the actions, but go blank on the consequences. That's where the rubber hits the road. Consequences. This isn't a fashion show.