Cory Booker allegedly DM'd with vegan strip club stripper; NYT reporter is on it

Newark, N.J., mayor and Senate candidate Cory Booker has allegedly exchanged Twitter DMs with a Portland, Oregon, stripper who works at a vegan strip club.

A New York Times reporter, smelling “Pulitzer” in the air, contacted the woman on Twitter:

@LynsieLee Can you follow me? I write for the New York Times.

— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) September 25, 2013

The stripper in question received the following advice:

@mikiebarb @LynsieLee Tell him "No"

— ⚡️Erick Brockway⚡️ (@erickbrockway) September 25, 2013

Much snark was directed towards the Times reporter in question:

How the (vegan) sausage is made… RT @mikiebarb: @LynsieLee Can you follow me? I write for the New York Times.

— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) September 25, 2013

https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/382985147647557632

Hey, it’s not the Times reporter’s fault he was assigned to the “vegan strip club strippers who have had DM chats with well known politicians” beat:

https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/382991011037052928

@jbarro I think the story is that Portland has a vegan strip club.

— Amy Kalmbach (@amybkalm) September 25, 2013

https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/382978413457203201

Typical Portland conversation: "Honey, I went to the vegan strip club. It's healthier."

— Benny (@bennyjohnson) September 25, 2013

@bennyjohnson we keep the meat on the pole, not on the plate 😉

— Lynsie Lee (@LynsieLee) September 25, 2013

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The woman used the opportunity for some Booker fundraising:

Don't forget to go donate to @CoryBooker's campaign for senate 😉 https://t.co/vzbcKiLJp3 pic.twitter.com/i25sFo1Gux

— Lynsie Lee (@LynsieLee) September 25, 2013

seriously if you followed me because of those articles then you have to go donate to @CoryBooker's campaign.

— Lynsie Lee (@LynsieLee) September 25, 2013

And now she’s getting phone calls:

uh a reporter just called and left a voicemail. wtf.

— Lynsie Lee (@LynsieLee) September 25, 2013

Hmm, who could that be?

One thing’s for sure: This Booker “friend” seems a lot more real than T-Bone.

So far, this has been Booker’s response:

All right @BuzzFeedBen last time I ever appear in a film with you! Sorry @erinscafe (big smile).

— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) September 25, 2013