If Cory Booker hopes to get the support of New Yorkers in his push for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020, he may want to reconsider his latest proclamation.
Booker, a lifelong New York Giants fan, told “Fired Up” with Brad Jenkins on Tuesday that should he become president of the United States and the Giants go on to win the Super Bowl, he’ll make sure the world knows them as the “New Jersey Giants.”
“Can I tell you a dream?” Booker said on the podcast. “And I’m running for president for every reason but this. But should I become president of the United States, and the stars in the universe line up, and my team is the Super Bowl champions that year, I’m telling you right now, when they’re in the White House, I will turn to the world and say — it won’t be a slip of the tongue — I will say, ‘I am proud to be here with the New Jersey Giants. At that point, I figure I will have swagger, Secret Service, the nuclear codes. Are they really going to step to me and correct me?”
Jenkins, a former aide to President Barack Obama, didn’t attempt to dissuade Booker, suggesting the Giants would be perfectly fine with that.
“No, they’re going to be fine with it,” Jenkins said. “I think you’ll get – here’s the thing. New York, you’ve got enough. You took our Nets from us.”
Booker went on to suggest that the Buffalo Bills are New York’s only true team, adding that the state steals everything — even mayors.
“New York takes everything, even the mayors,” said Booker, adding that New York is a suburb of Newark. “Ed Koch was born in Jersey. Listen, 700,000 of my people from Jersey commute to New York. We are driving that city.”
Booker closed by saying he doesn’t “beg” — he “demands” — and that the Giants would be from New Jersey during his presidency. Period.
Thankfully for Giants fans, they have very little to worry about as Booker is far back in the polls, trailing Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Peter Buttigieg and Beto O’Rourke in just about every poll.
