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Cory Booker schooled by Kavanaugh replacement pick after question on ‘LGBTQ law clerks’
Fox News ^ | February 5, 2019 | Andrew O'Reilly

Posted on 02/05/2019 1:14:59 PM PST by jazusamo

Something about judicial confirmation hearings seems to trip up Sen. Cory Booker -- who got corrected by a high-profile nominee on Tuesday during a heated exchange about diversity on her staff.

Booker made headlines last September for cheekily declaring his “I am Spartacus” moment as he moved to release sensitive documents during now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s hearing, only to be told they weren't so sensitive after all. On Tuesday, the New Jersey Democratic senator tried to turn up the heat once again while grilling Neomi Rao, the nominee to replace Kavanaugh on the U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C., on whether she ever had any LGBTQ law clerks.

The question was part of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate's bid to explore her views on LGBTQ rights, given her past writings – but there was a problem: Rao currently isn’t a judge, and doesn’t have law clerks.

"Have you ever had any LGBTQ law clerks?" Booker asked.

Rao responded: "Senator, I've yet to be a judge. I don't have law clerks."

Booker didn’t miss a beat, and clarified that he meant “someone working for you.” Rao is currently the head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, a position described as the Trump administration’s “deregulatory czar."

“To be honest I don’t know the sexual orientation of my staff,” Rao responded. “I take people as they come, irrespective of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation. I treat people as individuals.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: corybooker; crackhouses; democratclownshow; flamboyant; gayspartacus; homosexualagenda; judicialcommittee; judicialnominee; lgbtq; neomirao
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To: gaijin

Jesting aside, here is a description of the Order of Coif:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Coif

The Order of the Coif is an honor society for United States law school graduates. The name is a reference to the ancient English order of advocates, the serjeants-at-law.

A student at an American law school who earns a Juris Doctor degree and graduates in the top 10 percent of his or her class is eligible for membership if the student’s law school has a chapter of the Order.

The Order of the Coif honor society was founded in 1902 at the University of Illinois College of Law.


41 posted on 02/05/2019 1:53:47 PM PST by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: WashingtonFire

Cory Booker is a faggot. His number one priority seems to be normalizing his sexual perversion.


42 posted on 02/05/2019 1:55:43 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: dead

43 posted on 02/05/2019 1:58:59 PM PST by Trump_the_Evil_Left (FReeper formerly known as Enchante (registered Sept. 5, 2001), back from the wild....)
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To: Mrs. Don-o; HotHunt

HotHunt asked the same question and I don’t know for sure but I would think asking that would be illegal.


44 posted on 02/05/2019 2:00:07 PM PST by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo
"Have you ever had any LGBTQ law clerks?" Booker asked.

Rao responded: "Senator, I've yet to be a judge. I don't have law clerks."

Most people who ask such a stupid question would be embarrassed and stop their questioning at that point.

45 posted on 02/05/2019 2:01:31 PM PST by The people have spoken (Proud member of Hillary's basket of deplorables)
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To: gaijin

"...he's so light in the Reebok's, a bug fart would knock him over"

46 posted on 02/05/2019 2:01:47 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: SeekAndFind

And she didn’t just qualify for any old Order of the Coif. She achieved it at the University of Chicago, one of the toughest, most selective law schools in America.


47 posted on 02/05/2019 2:05:55 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: Mrs. Don-o
Somebody tell me: isn't it illegal to quiz a potential employee or staffer about their sex life? Wouldn't that b considered harassment?

Yes, gay or straight, family life questions are strictly forbidden. They can reveal membership in a number of different protected classes. Booker is a moron who has never had to play by the rules businesses and government organizations have to observe.

48 posted on 02/05/2019 2:08:25 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: jazusamo
I would have gone a step further and added that it is illegal to inquire as to someone’s sexual preference, as a member of a legislative body, he should know that.
49 posted on 02/05/2019 2:08:42 PM PST by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: M Kehoe

The real Spartacus was a gifted leader and soldier. He held off the might of Rome for three years with an army of slaves. Booker wouldn’t last 10 minutes in a fight, assuming he could figure out what a gladius is and which end to hold.


50 posted on 02/05/2019 2:12:34 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: NorthMountain

New Jersey, repent for putting that sinful pervert and purveyor in front of your children. Recall. Fire the usurper. Is sin sin? Good news! There is a Redeemer. Bad news, some people refuse redemption!


51 posted on 02/05/2019 2:20:49 PM PST by KDF48 (Redeemed by Christ.)
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To: jazusamo

SHARP as a bowling ball. Bowling ball I sez!


52 posted on 02/05/2019 2:27:54 PM PST by LeonardFMason
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To: outofsalt
"Oh, I have actually heard Corey Booker is faaaaabulously interested in LGBT anything..!" And Gladiator movies!


53 posted on 02/05/2019 3:10:38 PM PST by New Perspective (Proud father of a son with Down Syndrome and fighting to keep him off Obama's death panels.)
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To: New Perspective
;)
54 posted on 02/05/2019 3:11:31 PM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: LostInBayport
Cory Booker is...Shartacus!


55 posted on 02/05/2019 3:13:33 PM PST by New Perspective (Proud father of a son with Down Syndrome and fighting to keep him off Obama's death panels.)
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To: ExTexasRedhead; jazusamo; vette6387; ManHunter; unkus; SkyPilot; ZULU; bitt; ransomnote; Howie66; ..

“Spartacus”????

Eh.. Not so much. HE may fancy himself that, but Spartacus was a Man.

This assclown drama queen is obama-lite, another AA hire. Not even a pimple on the real Spartacus’ rear end.


56 posted on 02/05/2019 3:16:37 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale
Not even a pimple on the real Spartacus’ rear end.

Very well said and true!

57 posted on 02/05/2019 3:27:07 PM PST by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo
settle down there little cory…
snicker
58 posted on 02/05/2019 3:29:52 PM PST by novemberslady
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To: jazusamo

Cory Booger is a putz.


59 posted on 02/05/2019 3:45:58 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.r)
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To: jazusamo

Booker: “Have you ever had any LGBTQ law clerks?”

Neomi Rao: “Why? Do you want to hook up with one of the guys and do to him what Monica Lewinsky did to Bill Clinton?”


60 posted on 02/05/2019 3:51:13 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (President Trump is right! The media IS the enemy of the people!)
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