Booker joins growing number of Senate Democrats calling for Menendez to resign amid federal indictment
Sept 27, 2023
The political walls are closing in on Sen.
Bob Menendez, the New Jersey Democrat under
a federal indictment accusing him of corruption-related offenses.
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker’s decision on Tuesday to call for Menendez’s resignation, after days of silence on the matter, was a uniquely damaging political blow to the state’s senior senator, who is now faced with a thinning list of allies in Washington, DC, and his home state, where local leaders are lining up against him.
Booker, who said he found the allegations against Menendez “hard to reconcile with the person I know,” instantly became the most prominent Senate Democrat, even among those facing tough reelection races next year, to publicly push for Menendez to step down.
By Tuesday evening, more than half of the party’s Senate caucus had called on Menendez to give up his seat