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Democratic senator defends working with Trump after Booker’s ‘complicity’ accusation

One Democratic senator responded to Sen. Cory Booker accusing them of being complicit in the harm of the Trump administration because of their support for police legislation.

Sen.CatherineCortezMasto,D-Nev.,respondedtoSen.CoreyBooker’s,D-N.J.,outburstontheSenatefloorlastweekinaninterviewwithTheNewYorkTimes. CortezMastowasaskedbytheNewYorkTimestorespondtoBooker’saccusationsagainstDemocratsthattheywere“complicit”withPresidentDonaldTrump’sagenda. “Idon’tneedlecturesfromanyoneonhowtopushbackandfightthisadministration.I’vebeendoingitsinceIgottotheSenate,becauseIwonmySenateracein2016andDonaldTrumpwonatthesametime.I’malsofromaswingstate;I’vestillgottogetstuffdoneonbehalfofmystate,”MastotoldTheNewYorkTimes. MSNBCDEMOCRATSMOCKCORYBOOKER’S‘POLITICALTHEATER’STUNTONTHESENATEFLOOR “I’vebeendoingitsinceIgottotheSenate,becauseIwonmySenateracein2016andDonaldTrumpwonatthesametime.I’malsofromaswingstate;I’vestillgottogetstuffdoneonbehalfofmystate,”sh