Catherine Rampell said about Cory Booker, in The Bulwark on October 9, 2026.
Rampell on the history of baby-bond style savings accounts.
Cory Booker
Things People Say About Cory Booker
Cory Booker is a Democratic U.S. senator from New Jersey, first elected in 2013, and a former mayor of Newark. He ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination and was the Democratic nominee for reelection in 2026.
What People Say About Them
Ted Cruz said about Cory Booker, in The Ben Ferguson Podcast on September 16, 2026.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on his Verdict podcast, after a Senate vote on the Protect College Sports Act that he sponsored. He describes opposition from Sens. Booker and Murphy.
The Ben Ferguson Podcast
Around 09:45 into the episode
Ben Ferguson
month of service. That's patriotmobile.com slash verdict. You can also
Ben Ferguson
…so this bill, it is passed. That's amazing. Like you said, it's been a long time in the works. You got bipartisan support. Give us some of the key highlights of what now changes in college sports to protect all of those other sports because of some of the rules that are now going to be implemented.
Ted Cruz
Yeah, I'm going to tell you what's specifically in the bill, but let's not bury the lead. So today we had a vote. It was the first time we've had a vote on college sports, and there was some furious lobbying against it. The people leading the lobbying against it were Democrat Cory Booker and Democrat Chris Murphy, both from the far left. And they were doing everything they can to defeat this bill. Well, we ended up having a massive, massive victory today. There were a total of 74 senators that voted for the bill today.
Ben Ferguson
By the way, that doesn't happen just to put it in perspective. When was the last time on a pretty intense and debated piece of legislation, not a kumbaya piece of something, like this was not kumbaya, where you get 74? I don't remember another vote that I can think of that was this significant.
Ted Cruz
Well, and I will say also, look, we said from the beginning, I've said on this podcast a number of times, my objective was not to eke by with 60. 60 is what you need to clear a filibuster. And to be clear, Cory Booker and Chris Murphy are trying to filibuster this bill. To defeat a filibuster, we…
Speaker 3
We got 74.
Speaker names come from our own diarization. The position is estimated from where the line sits in the episode.
Ted Cruz said about Cory Booker, in The Ben Ferguson Podcast on September 2, 2026.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on his Verdict podcast, discussing a CEO roundtable on "Trump accounts" investment accounts for children. He describes a bipartisan effort with Sen. Booker to encourage employer contributions.
The Ben Ferguson Podcast
Around 10:17 into the episode
Speaker 3
Well, and on the employer side, so we had Robert Eisen, the CEO of American Airlines there, and American Airlines announced that they're going to match the contributions to Trump accounts for all their employees.
Speaker 5
Incredible.
Speaker 3
And they have employees all over the country. They have 40,000 employees just in the state of Texas. And you look at those employees for those kids, I think this is going to become a ubiquitous employee benefit, just like 401k accounts are now. And to give you a sense... Why do I say the Trump accounts are the most consequential element of the working family's tax cut? You know, in 1974 is when Congress passed Section 401k of ERISA. And I don't think anyone in Congress had any idea how fundamentally they were changing how Americans save for retirement. Today, Ben, there's more than $ 12 trillion invested in 401k accounts. It's a massive amount of cash. Trump accounts are 401ks for kids. They're going to be We're going to have trillions of dollars invested in Trump accounts and the employer contributions. Dell is doing it. American is doing it. Lots and lots of companies are doing so. But then the second piece of it, and I'm urging, you know, Cory Booker. This is also there's now bipartisan support for this. Cory Booker…
Speaker 1
Which is a game changer. It's a massive game changer.
Speaker 3
One of the people at the roundtable was Gwen Shotwell. Now, Gwen is the president and chief operating officer of SpaceX. And obviously SpaceX just had a massive IPO.
Speaker 1
Yep.
Speaker names come from our own diarization. The position is estimated from where the line sits in the episode.
Where to Find Them
Cory Booker writes The Beat with Ari Melber , writes The Briefing with Jen Psaki and writes The Rachel Maddow Show . They have also been a guest on StarTalk Radio (4 times) , Food with Mark Bittman (4 times) , Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer (4 times) , Why Should I Trust You? (3 times) , The Contrarian (3 times) , Sidebar with Katie Phang (2 times) , Ask a Pol Politics (2 times) , The Dr. Hyman Show (2 times) , Freakonomics Radio (2 times) , The Rich Roll Podcast (2 times) , The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway , Climate One , Prof G Media , Find Out Media , Bloomberg Intelligence , So Money with Farnoosh Torabi , The Parnas Perspective , Decoder with Nilay Patel and The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis .
Recently: “Jack Smith Ends Republican’s Political Career” on The Parnas Perspective (September 2026); “‘Not Trump’ is Not Enough to Win the Midterms” on The Contrarian (September 2026); “The Tea ft. Senator Cory Booker and CBC Highlights” on The Contrarian (September 2026); “Todd Blanche Made the DOJ Trump's Playground. Senator Cory Booker Demands Change” on The Contrarian (July 2026); “Senate Dems Ready to Torch Todd Blanche at Confirmation Hearing” on Sidebar with Katie Phang (July 2026); “"We Will Fight Back": Leading MAHA & Dem Voices React To SCOTUS Ruling On Monsanto. Sen. Booker, Rep. Pingree, Zen Honeycutt, Rep. Tim Ryan & Kelly Ryerson Join Us” on Why Should I Trust You? (June 2026).
What They Said
Sen. Cory Booker speaking to Matt Laslo of Ask a Pol in the Capitol basement in April 2025, while on a run of New Jersey town halls. Laslo had asked about Democrats facing primary challenges.
Sen. Cory Booker, quoted in a Food, Farms, and Climate newsletter on the stalled farm bill and a fight over pesticide liability and state and local pesticide laws.