Super Pac Backing Cory Booker’s Presidential Bid Shuts Down

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Cory Booker speaks Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in Atlanta. Booker, along with Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Andrew Yang and Tom Steyer, all presidential hopefuls, spoke at the breakfast event hosted by the Al Sharpton's National Action Network. (AP Photo/ Ron Harris)

WASHINGTON (AP) — A super PAC formed to support Cory Booker’s Democratic presidential campaign is shutting down.

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The group’s founder, San Francisco lawyer Steve Phillips, indicated in a news release Wednesday that Dream United had struggled to raise money. Booker, a New Jersey senator, has publicly disavowed support from super PACs, which aren’t required to disclose their donors publicly.

Phillips, a former college classmate of Booker’s, said that it became clear while trying to fundraise for Dream United “that the donor community is strictly adhering to Senator Booker’s publicly articulated wishes that he does not welcome independent support.” The group raised a little over $1.1 million during the first six months of the year, far short of Phillips’ stated $10 million goal.


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perspective
perspective
4 years ago

Long overdue.

GMalka
4 years ago

Goodbye, Drama Queen. See you 2024.

DanielBarbaz
DanielBarbaz
4 years ago

Senator Booker’s luck took a downward turn when he began expressing anti-Israel sentiments. He should have read Jeremiah 2:3.

Triumphinwhitehouse
Triumphinwhitehouse
4 years ago

He should come out of the closet and stop leading on rosario

Concerned
Concerned
4 years ago

Booker’s ambition took over his sense of right on wrong. His thinking he could turn on the Jews without repercussions shows his stupidity. He isn’t qualified for any public office, no less being POTUS.