Cory Booker Doesn't Want People Voting For Him Just Because They Think He's Straight

Turning rumors about his sexuality into a political opportunity

Reason Staff | 8.27.2013 4:00 PM

Twitter celebrity, start-up co-founder, Newark mayor, and New Jersey Senate candidate Cory Booker is attractive, outgoing, and once saved a woman from a burning building, yet the 44-year-old is unmarried and apparently without a girlfriend, which has led some people tospeculate that he is gay. Booker, who used to be homophobic but got over it in college, says he doesn't mind the rumors. Actually, he thinks they're kind of useful.

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Killazontherun 13 years ago

Given the language there he is in pure strategy mode. He's got to be thinking about going gay to cinch the 2016 nomination or the 2020. Is the presidency worth blowing a guy? Was Paris worth a mass?

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