Brakkton Booker
@brakktonbooker
Correspondent and author of The Recast @Politico Past: @NPR, @WAMU, Proud @HowardU alum. Novice golfer, expert lover of fine whiskey. Best Job: Hubby & Dad
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09-05-2012 19:43:38
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NEW: Their convention is proving it — Democrats just can’t quit Donald Trump. In fact, they’re quite literally throwing the (Project 2025) book at him. w/Holly Otterbein Adam Wren Sarah Ferris Brakkton Booker Isabella Ramírez Shia Kapos politi.co/3TlwoyP
Great conversation today with Reverend Raphael Warnock we discuss the #Obamas speeches at the DNC, the power of the #DivineNine getting behind Kamala Harris and if he thinks Chuck Schumer should nix the filibuster to get voting rights passed. ⬇️
I carried Malört shooters around the entire city of Chicago trying to get politicians to try what Gov. JB Pritzker called the unofficial drink of the Democratic National Convention for the The Washington Post. Here’s their reviews:
Thunderous and sustained applause to Kamala Harris saying she accepts Democrats nomination for president of the United States.
It’s a historic debate. No one wants to talk about it: How Dems and R’s say Kamala Harris and Donald J. Trump should answer three potential questions about race in tonight’s #debate . politi.co/4ggMvr7 via POLITICO
“If he decides to go down that path, you let him go and stand there silent as he defiles himself,” Ashley Etienne tells Brakkton Booker. tinyurl.com/4jjy46ws
What is Trump’s strategy in backing recreational marijuana? Brakkton Booker and I talked to folks this week who told us it has the potential to make Trump’s candidacy more palatable to pockets of Americans that could prove crucial. Our story: politico.com/news/2024/09/1…