Senate Democrats have created a brand new management place and positioned Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) in command of strategic messaging.
Sen. Booker mentioned at a press availability introducing the brand new Senate Democratic management crew:
It’s been unimaginable. The final 4 years to work with him and to be included in numerous the vital work of this caucus. We’ve had an awfully 4 years of accomplishment below with Joe Biden because the president and Chuck Schumer is the chief of the Senate.
He’s a modern-day LBJ, simply primarily based on what we’ve been capable of ship. He and I had conversations over this final yr and for him to ask me to be part of management and for him to belief me in a brand new position is extraordinary. So I wish to give him my gratitude and my fellow members of my caucus, who by acclamation noticed that I might play a task, and I sit up for serving not simply this caucus however actually the bigger mission of advancing our nation and advancing an agenda that basically is targeted on Individuals and their agenda.
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Booker’s promotion is effectively deserved. He’s the right particular person to guide the Senate Democrats’ strategic messaging.
Booker is without doubt one of the senators who has remained genuine to who he’s. Sen. Booker nonetheless sounds just like the man who shoveled constituents” sidewalks when he was the mayor of Newark, NJ. Senate Democrats want somebody who can clearly talk and differentiate them from Republicans and the Trump agenda.
Given the outcomes of the 2024 election, Senate Democrats overperformed, and Cory Booker goes to be in command of shaping the message to get Democrats again into the bulk.