Booker tells activists “We are in a moral moment in America”
DURHAM, N.H. — A day after the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue, Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey declared Sunday during a visit with New Hampshire Democrats that “we are in a moral moment in America.”
Booker told a crowd of young Democratic activists at the University of New Hampshire that what worries him in moments like these is that “we pause and express grief and then we move on as if this is normal.” But he emphasized: “This is not normal. This is not who we are.”
Eleven congregants were killed in the Pittsburgh shooting, called one of the deadliest attacks against the Jewish community in this country.
The high-profile senator from New Jersey was one of several prominent Democratic leaders, including former President Obama and Hillary Clinton, along with broadcaster CNN, sent pipe bombs this past week through the mail, authorities said. All of the explosive devices were intercepted and no one was injured.