Washington, February 2
Democrat Cory Booker (49) has announced he is running for US president, bringing a charismatic African-American voice to a crowded field jockeying to take on Donald Trump in 2020.
Making the announcement in a video on Friday, the senator from New Jersey highlighted his roots in a racially divided urban America and evoked the civil rights movement in describing his own barrier-busting experience.
“Together, we will channel our common pain back into our common purpose. Together, America, we will rise,” said Booker, whose career and political appeal echoes that of former president Barack Obama.
Booker joins a crush of Democrats vying to run next year-with eight other declared candidates ranging from Trump nemesis Elizabeth Warren, to Kamala Harris, a senator from California who aspires to be the nation’s first black woman president. — PTI
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