Wow. The CAP Ideas Conference is just chock-full of liberal wisdom. First, Kirsten Gillibrand blew everyone’s minds with her hot “Lehman Sisters” take. Then, Cory Booker took his turn:
"I've read books like Hillbilly Elegy and everything else to understand other folks . . ." @CoryBooker at #CAPIdeas
— David Catanese (@davecatanese) May 15, 2018
Booker says he’s traveled across the country, to the South, “I’ve read books like hillbilly elegy, everything I can to try to understand folks – they have so much in common with people in my neighborhood.”
— Alexandra Jaffe (@ajjaffe) May 15, 2018
“How do you do, fellow hillbillies?”
GAFFE GAFFE GAFFE
— Zack Roday (@zackroday) May 15, 2018
It’s just so, so bad.
Hahahahahaha https://t.co/C1QP5XcdYv
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) May 15, 2018
Amazing
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) May 15, 2018
Come on. https://t.co/D3lYhIDeas
— Josh Holmes (@HolmesJosh) May 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/GarrettVentry/status/996445981947387906
Never underestimate Cory Booker’s ability to embarrass himself.
https://twitter.com/buttesex/status/996444757428719616
"Look, I too have tried Fentanyl at a meth house somewhere in Appalachia with the folks, where is not really important.."
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 15, 2018
I eat cornbread and collard greens https://t.co/WjdKCLbxGs
— Max Q ⚡ (@Randy_Shannon) May 15, 2018
Also, he watched STEEL MAGNOLIAS this weekend. Twice.
He cried at the Easter Egg hunt scene at the end.
— Definitely Maybe (@THEPhilPacker) May 15, 2018
I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night and read an article about some never before contacted Amazon tribe. #AMA https://t.co/FhmhdRQqc3
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) May 15, 2018
Good Lord.
That should go over real well with that constituency
— ATX-MART (@ATX_fight_club) May 15, 2018
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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