Cory Booker on Harris 2020 exit: ‘Damn shame’ the field is less ‘diverse’

By John Gage

Published December 4, 2019 2:51am ET

Cory Booker on Harris 2020 exit: ‘Damn shame’ the field is less ‘diverse’ — Sen. Cory Booker said he was “a little angry” that his friend Sen. Kamala Harris dropped out the 2020 Democratic presidential race. “We started with one of the most diverse fields in our history,” the New Jersey Democrat said Tuesday on MSNBC. “It’s a damn shame now that the only African American woman in this […]

Sen. Cory Booker said he was “a little angry” that his friend Sen. Kamala Harris dropped out the 2020 Democratic presidential race.

“We started with one of the most diverse fields in our history,” the New Jersey Democrat said Tuesday on MSNBC. “It’s a damn shame now that the only African American woman in this race, who has been speaking to issues that need to be brought up, is now no longer in it.”