New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker has joined the group of Democratic Senators calling for Sen. Bob Menendez' resignation following his federal indictment on bribery charges last week.
The Democrats hold a razor-thin majority in the Senate as it is, which ups theof what happens to Menendez’s seat in what has traditionally been a reliably blue state. And Senators have historically been cautious to call out fellow members in similar cases.
— and criticized other senators for their silence on the matter. Since then, five other Democratic senators joined the choir, including Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey on Tuesday morning.
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