Cory Booker slams Dem colleagues for 'complicity' with Trump in angry 'wake-up call' floor speech

Democrat New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker blasted his fellow Democrats for being complicit with President Donald Trump's actions during a testy objection to a package of new police legislation voted on by the Senate earlier today. 

Booker accused his fellow Democrat senators of aligning themselves with Trump because they are in favor of passing legislation, which, void of amendments Booker just began pushing, still allows the president to pick winners and losers in terms of who receives the benefits, he says. "This to me is the problem with Democrats in America right now," Booker complained while objecting to the package of pro-police bills. 

Booker's objection to the bill, which he says boosts Trump's use of federal funding as leverage to get jurisdictions and entities to change their behavior, comes as the president has threatened to repeal funding and resources from cities and ...