Sen. Booker pressed on 'new chapter' campaign message for Kamala Harris at DNC: 'She's the incumbent VP'
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CNN's Jake Tapper pressed Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., on Sunday about the Democratic effort to brand Vice President Harris' candidacy as a "new chapter," despite the fact that she is the incumbent vice president.
"Democrats have controlled the White House for 12 of the last 16 years. How can Democrats talk about a new chapter, turning the page? You guys are the ones writing the book," Tapper said during his interview with Booker.
The CNN segment cited Harris saying during her speech at the DNC that Americans had a chance "to chart a new way forward." Harris' running mate, Gov. Tim Walz, also said he was "ready to turn the page on these guys," referring to the GOP, and Former President Obama said during his speech at the DNC that America is "ready for a new chapter" and a "better story."
"You know that that‘s not true, Jake, because you know politics like I do. Right now, we see the MAGA Republicans in Congress killing all kinds of pragmatic policies that we need to get done on the most contentious issue," Booker responded, referring to the border bill that was killed by Republican members of Congress.
35 DAYS: KAMALA HARRIS HAS NOT HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE SINCE EMERGING AS PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
"To say that the MAGA Republicans are not still undermining common sense, pragmatic, sensible politics is just wrong. And what I know this election can do is finally