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New Jersey Senator Cory Booker threw a temper tantrum on the Hill on Thursday after Judiciary Committee Republicans insisted on moving forward with a Trump nominee vote.
The panel was voting to advance President Donald Trump’s judicial nominee, Emil Bove, to the full Senate floor for a vote. Booker urged Committee Chair Chuck Grassley to consider the allegations against Bove made by a former Justice Department attorney, Erez Reuveni, in a whistleblower report.
Booker invoked Rule 4 of the committee rules in trying to push for additional debate time, which Grassley declined.
“What are you afraid of?” Booker erupted after Grassley tried to speak over him and hold the vote. “Debating this [nomination], putting things on the record — Dear God,” he said, “that’s what we are here for.”
“This lacks decency, this lacks decorum, it shows that you will not hear from your colleagues,” Booker said to Grassley in another attempt. “You are a decent man,” he said, imploring him to allow a small window of additional time for the panel to debate before pushing through with the committee vote.
“Why are you doing this?” Booker pressed again.
“What are they saying to you,” he said, referring to the Trump administration, “that is making you do something to violate the decorum, the decency and the respect of this committee to at least hear each other out?”
Watch the clip below:
🚨 WATCH: Cory Booker is having an absolute MELTDOWN, and Democrats STORM OUT of a Senate hearing to advance Trump nominee Emil Bove as a federal judge
This tantrum is nothing but a performance.
STOP ELECTING THEATER KIDS! pic.twitter.com/HlTplzsLam
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 17, 2025
Following the walkout, Booker shared his thoughts on social media.
“I just walked out of the Senate Judiciary Committee for what was, to me, the most unimaginable thing that could happen,” Booker said. “They cut off any debate … our job is to deliberate!”
Watch the clip below:
Cory Booker TRIGGERED after Senate takes step toward confirming Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove
If they're already this freaked out, put that man on SCOTUS asap pic.twitter.com/Ljd3d9ymLD
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) July 17, 2025
More over at Fox News:
BREAKING NEWS: 'Dear God': Democrats storm out of vote on controversial Trump nominee
https://t.co/jJetcuLM50— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 17, 2025
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