2020 presidential hopeful Cory Booker asked former Vice President Joe Biden to “show me some respect” during Wednesday night’s presidential debate.
The two presidential candidates were in the midst of a heated back-and-forth about criminal justice reform. Booker had attacked Biden for his criminal justice reform proposal, while the vice president responded by scrutinizing Booker’s track record as mayor of Newark.
“It’s no secret I hired a police department with massive problems and decades long challenges. but the head of the New Jersey ACLU has already said that I put forth national standard setting accountability. Mr. Vice President, I didn’t interrupt you. Please show me that respect, sir,” Booker stated.
“We have a system right now that’s broken,” he continued. “If you want to compare records, and frankly, I’m shocked that you do, I am happy to do that. Because all the problems that he is talking about that he created, I actually led the bill that got passed into law that reverses the damages that your bills that you were bragging calling it the Biden crime bill up until 2015.”
Biden then pushed back on whose bill it was that Booker took credit for because it was passed while he was the vice president.
