Booker: 'So Offensive' That Biden Has To Defend Himself Against Trump Attacks

(The Hill)

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) called it "so offensive" that former Vice President Joe Biden had to defend himself on Tuesday night's debate stage against President Trump's allegations that he participated in corruption in Ukraine.

Booker criticized how the second topic covered in the Ohio debate was Biden, and his son Hunter Biden's business dealings in Ukraine during the Obama administration.

"We are literally using Donald Trump's lies, and the second issue we cover on this stage is elevating a lie and attacking a statesman," Booker said.

He added that the former vice president "should not have to defend" himself. Read more