Monday, May 20, 2019

How Cory Booker's $5 Million Grifting Ended His Presidential Bid 6 Years Ago

In 2010, Mayor Cory Booker and Mark Zuckerberg were sitting across from Oprah while the Facebook boss announced a $100 million donation to Newark's failing public schools.

Beto O'Rourke was able to raise $6.1 million within 24 hours of his campaign launch while Booker struggled to make $5 in his first fundraising quarter.

Even while Booker was serving as the mayor of a failed city, he had used celebrity and tech pals to create a company in which he owned a share of as much as $5 million.

One of its founders had compared Cory Booker to MLK. "Social media is a movement," she had claimed, "And Cory Booker is a leader in this movement."

Had it succeeded, Cory Booker would have figured out how to make a fortune while accepting unlimited donations for a campaign platform.

Back in the day, Booker boasted of how easy it was to raise $1.75 million for Waywire because of the "Power of the idea".

For a brief and shining moment, Booker had a possible $5 million stake in the next big thing.

https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273772/how-cory-bookers-5-million-grifting-ended-his-daniel-greenfield

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