This is an adapted excerpt from the July 30 episode of “Morning Joe.”
Across the country, Democrats are starving for a fighter. The Democratic base wants its politicians to take the fight to the Trump administration. People are frustrated, angry and depressed at everything Donald Trump is doing and how he’s doing it.
They’re also furious at the cowardice of the Republicans who are knowingly helping the president do these terrible things and casting votes that I would never have dreamed they would have cast when I was serving with them in the Senate.
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey likely had this in mind when he took to the floor Tuesday to rail against a bipartisan policing package. After Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of New Mexico attempted to pass the bills through unanimous consent, Booker blocked the motion and accused his Democratic colleagues of being “complicit” in Trump’s agenda.
Booker tried to amend the package and argued it would reward law enforcement in states favored by the administration. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota shot back at Booker, telling the New Jersey Democrat that he should have objected when the bill was passed unanimously out of committee.
Even though the Democratic base is itching for a fight, I found Booker’s criticism of his colleagues unfair. Cortez Masto and Klobuchar are two strong Democrats who are doing everything in their power to fight Trump and his administration.








