A new ad from the conservative American Principles Fund targets New Jersey senator Cory Booker, saying the Democrat is a crooked pol who uses his power to “enrich himself.”
“Want to get rich quick? And never leave home? Well now you can in one easy step, like Cory Booker,” says the ad’s voiceover. “Booker used his used his government offices to enrich himself, making millions on sweetheart deals, all while failing to pay his personal property taxes and not showing up to do his job.” Watch the video below:
“Warning,” the ad concludes. “Doing what Cory Booker did may result in jail time.”
Booker is facing Republican Jeff Bell, a longshot candidate who has nonetheless polled within striking distance of the sitting senator. Booker spokeswoman Silvia Alvarez responded to a WEEKLY STANDARD inquiry about the ad’s claims.
“This Tea Party allegation is about as accurate as the Tea Party’s crazy claims about the president’s birth place and ACA death panels,” Alvarez said. “The truth is that Senator Booker has always paid his property taxes — unlike Jeff Bell, who had both a federal lien placed in his house in Virginia and was delinquent in paying his property taxes for four years running.”
The Booker campaign did not respond to a request for the senator’s property tax receipts.
Eliana Johnson at National Review has more on the ad’s source of the allegations:
In the wake of the Times report, Booker announced he was giving up his stake in the company, which has since been sold to the video start-up Magnify.
