'I got a boo': Sen. Cory Booker says he has a girlfriend who would make a nice first lady
WASHINGTON – Sen. Cory Booker admitted on Tuesday that no, he is not an eligible bachelor.
Appearing on the syndicated radio show The Breakfast Club, Booker, who is running for president in 2020, said he is dating someone, adding she would make a nice First Lady.
"I, I got a boo," Booker said with a laugh after being pressed by host Charlamagne tha God.
The issue came up after Booker mentioned living in a basement apartment in Washington, which Charlamagne noted was a sign of a true bachelor and a rarity for an American president.
Nearly all presidents elected are married. Only a handful of single men have made it to the White House, including Thomas Jefferson in 1800, Martin Van Buren in 1836 and James Buchanan in 1857.
But, Booker said before he declared for president he was already dating someone, "who is really special."
"Oh, so Cory Booker got a boo?" Charlamagne tha God asked.
"I, I, got a boo," he answered with a laugh.
The conversation then turned to marriage and the possibility of the mystery woman becoming First Lady.
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"Would she make a nice first lady, whoever she is?" Charlamagne tha God asked.
Booker said she would, which spurred a follow-up question: "Oh, so whoever this special someone is, is someone you may potentially marry one day?" Charlamagne tha God asked.
Looking slightly panicked, Booker laughed and said: "out of all the issues we talked about this is the most uncomfortable part of this interview."
The 37-minute interview touched on many topics, including the Super Bowl and Colin Kaepernick, President Donald Trump and healthcare.
Booker did not name the woman he's dating but tabloids have been speculating, linking him to both celebrities he's been spotted with and a former campaign worker who served when he was mayor of Newark, N.J.
Booker announced his long-anticipated decision on Friday in the same way many Americans have come to know him, on Twitter, presenting himself as a healer of the country’s deep divisions and stressing the importance of “collective action.”
“I believe that we can build a country where no one is forgotten, no one is left behind,” Booker, 49, told his supporters in a rousing, 2-minute-and-25-second video. “It is not a matter of can we, it's a matter of do we have the collective will, the American will? I believe we do.”
Coming to prominence as mayor of Newark, then becoming New Jersey’s first African-American senator after winning a special election in 2013 to fill the remainder of the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg's term, Booker can point to a record of backing liberal policies, from marriage equality and abortion rights to marijuana legalization and criminal-justice reform.
Contributing: Nicholas Pugliese
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