Joe Biden Is Punching Back Without Hitting Himself

4. Cory Booker

Does he have the guts to punch an elderly man?

In an interview with Seth Meyers on Monday, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker revealed that occasionally he is inclined to punch Donald Trump. “My testosterone sometimes makes me want to feel like punching him,” Booker said, “which would be bad for this elderly, out-of-shape man that he is if I did that, this physically weak specimen.” To be fair to Booker—IF WE MUST—he did say this as an introduction to his larger point, that giving in to violent, hateful thoughts would be bringing oneself down to Trump’s level. If, however, Booker does feel like acting on this impulse to punch an elderly man, he will have an opportunity to do so in Detroit, where he’ll be on the debate stage with Biden. The two have been at it again this week, with Booker calling Biden the “architect” of mass incarceration, and Biden responding that the Obama Justice Department released a report finding abuses within Newark’s police department, over which Booker presided as mayor. This could all explode onstage the second debate night; first-nighter Marianne Williamson won’t even be there to lighten the mood with a challenge to New Zealand.

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