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The Guardian - US
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José Olivares

Cory Booker says Democrats have ‘failed this moment’ and calls for new leaders

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Cory Booker, a Democratic senator from New Jersey, speaks during a news conference in Washington DC on 5 March. Photograph: Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Cory Booker, the Democratic senator from New Jersey, renewed his calls for new leadership of the Democratic party, saying the party has “failed this moment”.

“As a whole, our party has failed this moment,” Booker said on Sunday. “I’ve called for a generational renewal, because this left-right divide is killing our country and our adversaries know it.” He also said that “purity tests” within the party have led to more division in the US.

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