Booker’s attacks on Biden show a shift in tone and strategy

By Emily Brooks

Published June 21, 2019 4:05am ET

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Booker’s attacks on Biden show a shift in tone and strategy — A display from The Satanic Temple-Chicago has been placed in the Statehouse rotunda at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. It joins the Nativity scene to mark the Christmas season and the Menorah to mark Hanukkah. | (Bernard Schoenburg/The State Journal-Register via AP)

Through presidential campaign stops through New Hampshire and Iowa in May, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker was careful to not attack his primary competitors and gave measured responses when asked about the headlines of the day.

This week, though, Booker aggressively condemned former Vice President Joe Biden’s characterization of his relationships with segregationist senators, reflecting a distinct shift in tone and strategy.

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