A 1992 column by now-Sen. Cory Booker detailing his "Groping" of a high school friend has resurfaced as he pushes to delay Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings over a sexual assault allegation.
In the 1992 column for The Stanford Daily, then-Stanford University grad student Mr. Booker wrote about the New Year's Eve incident in 1984 that he will "Never forget." In the column, titled, "So much for stealing second," Mr. Booker said he was 15 when he fondled an intoxicated female friend.
Mr. Booker said he was conditioned to believe that sex was "a game," and that hooking up was best achieved through "Luck, guile, strategy or coercion," and lots of alcohol.
Mr. Booker, who said this week that it would be "Irresponsible" for him to not consider a 2020 presidential run, has been recently ridiculed by conservatives after he appeared to dub himself "Spartacus" by revealing confidential records during the Judge Kavanaugh hearing.
Paul Mulshine, a columnist for New Jersey's Star-Ledger, saidMr. Booker's column has been circulating in conservative circles since 2013, when the Daily Caller ran a piece about it.
Mr. Booker's office on Thursday strongly defended the column.
"The column is in fact a direct criticism of a culture that encourages young men to take advantage of women - written at a time when so candidly discussing these issues was rare - and speaks to the impact Senator Booker's experience working to help rape and sexual assault survivors as a college peer counselor had on him," the spokesperson said, Fox News reported.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/20/cory-bookers-1992-column-detailing-groping-high-sc/
In the 1992 column for The Stanford Daily, then-Stanford University grad student Mr. Booker wrote about the New Year's Eve incident in 1984 that he will "Never forget." In the column, titled, "So much for stealing second," Mr. Booker said he was 15 when he fondled an intoxicated female friend.
Mr. Booker said he was conditioned to believe that sex was "a game," and that hooking up was best achieved through "Luck, guile, strategy or coercion," and lots of alcohol.
Mr. Booker, who said this week that it would be "Irresponsible" for him to not consider a 2020 presidential run, has been recently ridiculed by conservatives after he appeared to dub himself "Spartacus" by revealing confidential records during the Judge Kavanaugh hearing.
Paul Mulshine, a columnist for New Jersey's Star-Ledger, saidMr. Booker's column has been circulating in conservative circles since 2013, when the Daily Caller ran a piece about it.
Mr. Booker's office on Thursday strongly defended the column.
"The column is in fact a direct criticism of a culture that encourages young men to take advantage of women - written at a time when so candidly discussing these issues was rare - and speaks to the impact Senator Booker's experience working to help rape and sexual assault survivors as a college peer counselor had on him," the spokesperson said, Fox News reported.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/20/cory-bookers-1992-column-detailing-groping-high-sc/
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