Usually when a Democratic politician goes on a late night comedy show, the host will tell the politician what a big fan they are, but on Wednesday, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker reversed the roles and gushed to ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel about how great he thinks he is. Naturally, Kimmel also made it clear he was a Booker fan as he later asked Booker to give him and his fellow liberals tactical political advice.
Kimmel began the interview with the customary “How are you doing?” and Booker immediately started waxing poetic. He went on about how his family used to live in Los Angeles and the city’s history of violence and racism before trying to tie that into the current moment, “Comedians from Richard Pryor to Redd Foxx who helped heal and turn the absurdities of the time into not just laughter but really helping them deal with the anguish. And we’re in…
