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Channel GOP · Hearing · Thursday, November 12, 2026

Cory Booker says Patel stonewalled him on girlfriend spending at a Senate hearing

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Sen. Cory Booker tells the committee's chair that Patel insults Democratic senators "time and time again" and makes everything personal. Booker says Patel won't answer his questions about how he is spending money on his girlfriend but will "run on Fox News" and discuss those issues. He blames the people "enabling him to do so."

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Who
Sen. Cory Booker
Where
hearing - Senate Judiciary Committee
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C-SPAN · watch the full video from this moment
Length
60 seconds, unedited within the cut
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603 on Instagram
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You've gone on now. I have utter respect for you. In fact, I have love for you. And this is why I know this is not who you are. You are not holding this witness in an objective way to answer the questions that are given to him by Democratic senators, yet he insults them time and time again. What he did to Senator Walsh should make this whole committee stand up and walk out and sanction this man for speaking to one of my colleagues the way he spoke to them. Even Senator Whitehouse who was then sitting in tried to control this witness who makes everything personal. I have a right to ask questions about how he's spending money on his girlfriend and yet he stonewalls me but will run on Fox News and talk about any and all these issues. This is ridiculous. This is a sham. And what's bad is not the person sitting there who is a mockery to the office he holds. What bad is bad is the people that are enabling him to do so.

Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.

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