Sen. Cory Booker said at a campaign event that he would be willing to meet with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.

“I live in Newark, so we have famous Mosque 25, we have Nation of Islam there,” the New Jersey Democrat said Saturday at a “Conversation with Cory” campaign event in Nevada. “As mayor I met with lots of folks talking to him. I have heard Minister Farrakhan’s speeches for a lot of my life, so I don’t feel like I need to do that, but I’m not one of these people that says I wouldn’t sit down with anybody to hear what they have to say. But, I live in a neighborhood where I’m getting guys on the streets offering and selling his works. I am very familiar with Minister Louis Farrakhan and his beliefs and his values.”