In His Own Words: Cory Booker On 'The Worst Gut Punch' Of His Life
The Democratic presidential candidate regularly tells personal stories on the campaign trail. Booker shared one particularly powerful experience in an interview with the NPR Politics Podcast.
by Dana Farrington
May 18, 2019
3 minutes
Sen. Cory Booker is "a big fan" of researcher and speaker Brené Brown. The Democratic presidential candidate embraces Brown's mantra that vulnerability is a strength — and his openness shows on the campaign trail.
Booker regularly tells the story of one of the most painful moments of his life, which happened when he first became the mayor of Newark, N.J.
He shared that experience again with NPR Politics Podcast co-host Scott Detrow and New Hampshire Public Radio reporter Casey McDermott. Detrow asked Booker to
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