Sen. Cory Booker has found himself the subject of a piece of erotic fan fiction gay sex rumors fueled by right wing nuts on social media.
The accusations were made on Twitter by an anonymous person claiming to be a “liberal, gay man” who alleges Booker sexually assaulted him in a workplace bathroom in 2014, shortly after Booker was elected to the US Senate.
#CoryBooker Sexually Assaulted Me
and why it won't matter to the #metoo movement. https://t.co/8VQuMGY8bj pic.twitter.com/D5DWnFmfzd— Deep Throat (@TheeDeepThroat) October 20, 2018
The lengthy accusation is incredibly detailed and reads almost like a bad grocery store romance novel:
I stopped to use one of the building’s single-occupancy restrooms. Upon washing my hands prior to leaving, I hear knocking on the door. When it comes to these restrooms, it is customary to knock first in case someone is using it, even though there is an inner lock. When I opened the door, Mr. Booker was there.
After exchanging polite “idle chitchat” the man says Booker yanked him into the bathroom, pushed him up against and wall, and said, “Being a hero was a serious turn-on. The Senate appreciates fine citizens like you. Especially this senator.”
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He then put his left hand on my groin, over my jeans, and began to rub. I seem to remember saying something like “What is happening?” It was a bit like having vertigo. He then used his other hand to grab my left hand with his right and pulled it over to touch him. At the same time, he disengaged from rubbing me and used his left hand to push me to my knees from my shoulder for what was clearly a move to have me perform oral sex on him.
The man says as a result of the attack he’s been through “2 jobs, 3 therapists, and one suicide attempt.” He also claims he tried reaching out to Ronan Farrow, who he calls “the father of the #MeToo movement”, but Farrow never returned his call, which he seems rather bitter about:
When Ronan Farrow’s cause was born, it was beautiful and innocent. Unfortunately, shortly thereafter, it was C-List actress Alyssa Milano who named it, appropriating the movement by Tarana Burke. And it was ideologues like Milano who nurtured it and gave it a PC framework. The ‘me’ in #metoo had become a preferred pronoun for liberal women accusing conservatives. And #IBelieveHer became #metoo’s new nickname.
So he took to Twitter to share his tale. And, of course, right wing conspiracy blogs.
Not surprisingly, internet trolls, including Donald Trump Jr., have latched onto the story and are now calling for Booker to resign immediately:
Based on @CoryBooker’s rules when it comes to due process for accused sexual assaulters, we must assume he’s guilty until he proves otherwise by calling for an FBI investigation into himself. I assume he won’t be running for president until that investigation is complete.
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 22, 2018
In a trial, yes, he deserves that presumption. But what if we view this as a job interview, to see if @CoryBooker is qualified for public office? #KarmaIsABitch https://t.co/aT4SKYvivs
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) October 21, 2018
Hey Cory, are you seriously going to ignore your assault allegations on a gay man from only four years ago? Clearly detailed exactly in time, place? Thought so. #BathroomBooker
— Johnny Lu (@JohnnyLubeck) October 21, 2018
Uh oh. Spartacus, we have a problem. @CoryBooker is a sexual predator. He's guilty too. No trial needed. No evidence needed. You're guilty of sexually assaulting this man. You must resign now. #MeToo
https://t.co/NErmujEihW— Corn (@marshall_adams) October 21, 2018
Regardless of which side of the aisle you are on, mainstream media’s refusal to cover the allegations against @CoryBooker are a problem. If you disagree then you are part of the problem. #BathroomBooker #hypocrisy
— S A R A F I N A (@Sarafffina) October 21, 2018
Booker has yet to issue any comment on the allegations.
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Creamsicle
When conservatives talk about the dangers of false sexual assault allegations, it is because they are the kind of shitty people who would consider making those claims for the sake of a buck or political expedience.
They’re flailing while the leader of their party destroys any shred of decency their party once held. They’re trying to tear down every potential progressive presidential candidate well ahead of 2020 because trying to talk about Donald Trump’s accomplishments leads to open ridicule, just like we saw at the United Nations in New York.
And what gay rumors have there been about Booker? Is it because he’s unmarried and in his 40s? Seems like an odd choice given that the GOP loves confirmed bachelor, Lindsey Graham.
MusicalTheaterSurvivor
Are you too young to remember Larry Craig? He was the Republican that got tossed out of Congress for coming on to a FBI agent in the stalls with a game of footsie. He famously said he wasn’t trying to pick up the agent, that he just had a “wide stance” while urinating.
Everybody in Newark knows Booker is gay. Get up off your fainting couch.
Bob LaBlah
Cory Booker caught hell during his stint as mayor and was well aware that people were calling him gay and hoping for such a scandal to erupt so they could be rid of him. But he prevailed and kept his business to himself. It seems too hard to believe he would have been that stupid so soon after he won the grand prize, a senate seat. This is a piss poor try and lets also keep in mind that to GOP diehards a “liberal” amongst their ranks is code for gay. I would like to see what this guy looks like who is making this preposterous accusation and question why he didnt immediately report this assault to the police. Had it been true its too hard to believe Booker wouldn’t have paid up or offered him a no show job immediately to keep him quiet. No show jobs are the order of the day in the northeast region.
jkb
Don’t care for Cory Booker, but I think he’s so fixated on his image that this story sounds fake. And he is going to resign over an anonymous claim? Yeah, no
bowlingbutch
Since his father is such a sleaze ball Donald Trump Jr. really shouldn’t say anything. I do believe no one in that family has any idea what is appropriate.
Kieran
We need to have a full FBI investigation of these serious allegations. The fact that Booker hasn’t called for an investigation is troubling. What is he hiding? We need to take sex abuse seriously folks.
RevJames
Russian troll alert!
JamJewel
I completely agree…. IF the accuser – or “the lawyers” – comes forth. As far as his claim that “He could have (and still could) destroy my life” I can’t think of one person who have come forward whose life was destroyed by an allegation of abuse. And it is interesting to note that when he asks to “let me tell you a little about myself” that it is all about his politics, nothing else. Well, except that he had a job at some point! Funny, also, that he barely remembers what he himself said during the encounter, but every single word his assailant used. But the notion that a black, gay, ambitious politician would accost a stranger in a strange location and demand oral sex right after being elected to the post of his dreams is preposterous on its face and absurd in its entirety since there has never been any evidence that Mr. Booker being gay. [Maybe we should ask Gayle King!] But, having been unable to get his own accounts of having fondled a female classmate when he was 15 years old elevated to a crime of sexual assault, here we go again with the conspiratorial theorists! BTW Politically, I do think he’s an asshole, in the pocket of BigPharma!
Kangol
You sound like a parody of a right-winger. But let’s have the “accuser” come forward. Miss Lindsey Graham and others in the GOP better hope their closet doors don’t get busted off in the process!
Toofie
At first read it sounds like verbose fan fiction.
startenout
You can’t think of one person whose life was destroyed by coming forward? Dr. Ford is still receiving death threats; women in the online gaming community are threatened and harassed every day for simply having an opinion!
Think. Harder.
James
YEAH, LET’S ALL BELIEVE A BUNCH OF TRUMP TRASH WHO WILL STOOP TO ANY LEVEL TO ERASE THE OPPOSITION. TRUMP’S FRIENDS ARE MURDERERS (KHASHOGGI) AND RAPISTS (KAVANAW) AND NAZIS. i HATE THEM ALL.
jakejacob
If you believe Dr Ford, why not this accuser? It should be Guilty until proven innocent. Thanks Dr Ford!
Kangol
She came forward and identified herself, as did Deborah Ramirez AND Julie Swetnick. Who’s the creep doing this? Why won’t he come forward? Oh, that’s right, it’s typical GOP sleaze and/or Russian propaganda, which are now basically one and the same.
Kieran
Why doesn’t Miss Cory come out of the closet and admit she’s a big ole queen?
MusicalTheaterSurvivor
Ford didn’t go public at first, she went to a Congresswoman who referred her to a sympathetic lawyer. This man is also working with a sympathetic lawyer who is looking at the evidence he says he has (date place and time, photos of Booker’s visit to his office, contemporaneous accounts he made other people). It could end up being nothing.
Basically Booker tried to get this man to give him a (word deleted) at the man’s workplace after a meeting. Hot if consensual, not if no consent.
MusicalTheaterSurvivor
I believe him.
Did everyone else commenting read the whole four-page document? This man is very intelligent. Doesn’t sound like a troll at all.
Used to like Cory but I think he beclowned himself during the Kavanaugh hearings. Kamala too. Tulsi Gabbard 2020.