Cory Booker’s ‘Spartacus’ Moment Was Complete BS – The Docs Had Already Been Cleared

Cory Booker was deemed Supreme Liberal HERO when he ripped off his shirt, screamed he was SPARTACUS and pledged to release Brett Kavanaugh’s confidential emails.

OK… he didn’t ACTUALLY rip his shirt off. The rest is true.

According to Fox News:

The New Jersey Democrat vowed to sacrifice his seat and even compared himself to Spartacus during Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing, so important did he deem the 16-year-old emails from Kavanaugh discussing post-9/11 racial profiling as a White House lawyer. Booker pronounced the move an act of “civil disobedience” and said he was ready to face punishment, including the loss of his Senate seat.

HE IS PREPARED TO SACRIFICE HIMSELF! OMG WHAT A HERO!

Seriously – he REALLY milked it.

“This is about the closest I’ll probably ever have in my life to an ‘I am Spartacus’ moment,” he said.

Only um… the emails where neither damning… NOR CONFIDENTIAL.

NEW statement from Bill Burck, GWB’s records representative who led the review of Kavanaugh’s records pic.twitter.com/6MQSbgB1ub

— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) September 6, 2018

Womp WOOOOOMP.

So either he couldn’t be bothered to check his email… or he pulled this little stunt KNOWING it was complete and utter bullcrap.

Shortly after 1 p.m., it was announced that the restrictions on releasing the emails, which had been labeled “committee confidential,” had been waived in the morning. Nothing that Booker released was marked “committee confidential” at the time of its release.

“Apparently, someone just wanted to break the rules and make a scene, but didn’t check their email,” a spokesman for committee Republicans said in a statement. The committee posted the same documents.

That’s generous. I think he did this KNOWING it was a sham. Booker would never ACTUALLY “sacrifice” himself. No freaking way.

“All of this drama this morning apparently was for nothing and it’s unfortunate,” Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, told reporters.

No matter – the Liberal Media is ENTIRELY ignoring that. Booker is a FRIGGIN HERO, DAMNIT!

NEARLY TWO HOURS after it was revealed the emails had been cleared for release, CNN, CBS, and NBC heralded Booker-Spartacus as a hero of the resistance:

OMG YOU GO, SPARTACUS!

Can we all take a moment to truly wrap our minds around how PATHETIC THIS IS?

THE DOCUMENTS WEREN’T EVEN CONFIDENTIAL. HE JUST WANTED HIS “SPARTACUS” MOMENT.

Bless his idiotic little heart. His plan almost worked for like 20 minutes!

Cory Booker: By releasing these emails, I AM SPARTACUS!
Documents: Kavanaugh’s not a racist, and properly understands the role of precedent in Supreme Court jurisprudence.
Booker: YOU’RE MISSING THE POINT I AM SPARTACUS

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 6, 2018