Sen. Cory “Spartacus” Booker, D-N.J., tried Tuesday to score another viral hit from his position on the Senate Judiciary Committee as he cross-examined Neomi Rao, President Trump’s nominee to replace Brett Kavanaugh on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

But rather than pulling off another “bad boy” incident ripe for boosting his White House ambitions, he came across instead as a poorly informed and incompetent. The most embarrassing moment occurred when Booker, 49, tried to press Rao, 45, into saying something negative about gays.