It’s yet another lesson in how Democrats operate and what Americans can expect if they vote for them this November.
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Last week, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., once a presidential hopeful, became relevant again by blocking the Take It Down Act, introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. The bill would have criminalized AI-generated deepfakes of revenge porn involving minors. When the bipartisan bill came up for a vote, Booker filed a last-minute objection that prevented its passage. When asked to explain what his objection actually was, he said nothing.
This has led observers to conclude that Booker’s primary motive was to deny Cruz a legislative victory during an election, since Booker is good friends with Rep. Colin Allred, Cruz’s opponent in this year’s Texas Senate race. Cruz understandably sounded off on this likelihood: “I sure hope he’s not standing up here denying victims of this abuse relief simply to score partisan political points … in order to believe he wouldn’t do such a thing, he needs to actually explain some reason for his objection.”
