As he introduces himself to voters on the 2020 campaign trail, Sen. Cory Booker has a powerful tool most others don't: an Oscar-nominated documentary
"Street Fight" chronicles Booker's 2002 underdog race for mayor of Newark against longtime incumbent Sharpe James and his political machine -- a bid that he lost in a stinging defeat.Now, more than a decade after its original release date, the film has become a key part of Booker's playbook as he looks to build support in his campaign for president.In an email the day after Booker's launch last month, his team encouraged supporters to"check out 'Street Fight.
He'd much prefer to convert people than to than to knock them down."As in 2002, Booker has pledged to run a relentlessly positive and unifying campaign for president -- but, he has stressed, not to the exclusion of being politically tough."There is nobody in this race tougher than me," Booker has said, pointing to his first race for mayor.
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