‘Be a Man!’ Cory Booker Berates Trump Judicial Nominee in 2020 Election Grilling 

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) grilled Adam Candeub, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice, and told him to “be a man” when asking about 2020 election conspiracy theories.

Booker laid into Candeub while repeatedly asking him if former President Joe Biden won the 2020 election. Trump continues to claim that election was fraudulent, though there is no proof of the sort of widespread fraud he constantly references. Candeub would serve as the head of the DOJ Antitrust Division.

Booker said:

Let me make this easy. Show us your courage. Show us you independence. Be a man. Be your own man right now and stand up and answer a question yes or no, a simple yes or no question that shows right now all of America that you’re your own men. I don’t need legalese. I don’t need trickery. Yes or no? Did Joe Biden win the 2020 presidential election? Yes or No?

Candeub began his answer by referencing the “United States Congress” when Booker jumped back in, calling him out for the lack of a “yes or no” answer.

“Oh, there you go! Sir, stop!” Booker said.

He continued:

Federal courts said he did. The president’s own attorney general said yes. The president’s owned cybersecurity director said yes! Republicans all over this country said yes, and right now you’re not showing me. You can’t even acknowledge a fact that’s been established by the courts, the president’s own attorney general, by his own election security officials. Why should we believe that you’re going to stand up to this president when billions of dollars are at stake and the fate of mergers are in your hands? This is the pivotal question. Can you please tell me a yes or no answer? Tell me no, I can’t give you a yes-or-no answer if that’s your answer. Yes or no. Did President Biden win the 2020 elections?

Candeub got a little further in his answer this time, saying Congress “certified” the election, but Booker jumped back in to accuse him of “cowardice.”

“Sir, you are showing cowardice. And that’s the question,” Booker said. “Are you going to choose the truth or Trump? Law or his lies, or are you going to choose the Constitution or cowardice?”

Watch above via CSPAN.

New: The Mediaite One-Sheet "Newsletter of Newsletters"
Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. Subscribe now!