‘Let Me Finish!’: Cory Booker Blows His Lid During Fiery Exchange With Ted Cruz

Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker lost his temper at Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz during a heated exchange at a Tuesday Senate Judiciary Committee.

Under former President Joe Biden’s administration, protesters demonstrated outside the homes of Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and John Roberts. During the hearing, Cruz repeatedly interrupted Booker to ask whether Biden’s Justice Department arrested any protesters — prompting the Democrat to raise his voice.

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“I really appreciate that you’ve now shifted the accusation you made earlier. Your accusation was that we were silent in the face of protests at Supreme Court justices’ homes,” Booker said. “Again, we joined together in a bipartisan way, not only to condemn that, but to pass legislation to extend round-the-clock security protection — literally days — it was introduced May 5th, passed the Senate in a bipartisan fashion on May 9th. So if you’re saying that we didn’t criticize Merrick Garland —”