Democratic Senator Cory Booker of new Jersey said that running for the US presidency in the election of 2020.
A video statement about this 49-year-old Booker has posted on its website and on Twitter today, February 1.
I’m running for president. Join me on this journey. https://t.co/fEDqOVIfwh pic.twitter.com/h1FTPUYRzo
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) February 1, 2019
«Together we will stand. I, Cory Booker, running for President of the United States of America. I believe that we can build a country that will take care of all; where parents will have enough money to feed their children; where would be a good paying job in each area; where is our criminal justice system will ensure our safety, instead of having to drive more children into cells and coffins; where we are, seeing the faces of our leaders on TV, we feel pride, not shame. The question is whether we have the collective will, the American will?» said Booker.
His political career, Cory Booker, graduate of Stanford University, began in the city Council of Newark, where he worked from 1998 to 2002. He was mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013.
In the Senate he received at a special election in 2013 after the death of Democrat Frank Lautenberg, becoming the first African-American Senator from new Jersey.
Booker has gained national credibility for its desire to attract the attention of Congress to reform criminal justice. He offered alternatives to imprisonment and shorter prison terms for persons committing non-violent crimes.
2016 Booker, an ardent opponent of President trump.
In case of a victory on presidential election in 2020, Booker will become the first African-American President (it was Obama), but it will be the first direct descendant of slaves, who headed America.
