CNN panel mocks Booker for ‘Kool-Aid’ zinger

Published August 1, 2019 2:57pm ET



An all-black panel on CNN mocked 2020 presidential hopeful Cory Booker for his viral “Kool-Aid” comments during the presidential debate Wednesday night.

During a tense exchange in the debate between Booker and presidential front-runner Joe Biden about criminal justice reform, the New Jersey senator said, “There’s a saying in my community that you’re dipping into the Kool-Aid and you don’t even know the flavor.”

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