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  • Bloomberg apologizes after critics say his calling Booker 'well spoken' was racist

    12/06/2019 7:53:11 PM PST · by yesthatjallen · 72 replies
    The Hill ^ | 12 06 2019 | Owen Daugherty
    Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg apologized Friday after calling fellow 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) “well spoken," a phrase which critics have said has racist undertones. While discussing his 2020 competitors with CBS’s Gayle King in an interview that aired Friday morning, Bloomberg said, “Cory Booker endorsed me a number of times, and I endorsed Cory Booker a number of times. He’s very well spoken, he’s got some good ideas.” Bloomberg added that in regards to the candidate pool, “it would be better the more diverse any group is, but the public is out there...