Presidential Hopefuls Begin Apology Tour.
Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts apologized for her controversial decision to take a DNA test to prove her decades-old claim of Native American ancestry.
Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. recently lamented his role in crafting the tough-on-crime drug legislation of the 1980s and 1990s. Senator Kamala Harris of California said she regretted some of the positions her office took while she was a state prosecutor. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York said her past hard-line stances on immigration “certainly weren’t empathetic and they were not kind.” Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont apologized after reports of gender discrimination and sexual harassment in his 2016 presidential campaign. NT Times-Sunday, February 3
As for Cory Booker we have to wait. HE has been a strong advocate of School Choice and Charter Schools.(Being the Mayor of Newark probably explains that)
As he said in 2016, “I see how kids who have no history of college in their families suddenly have had the arc of their families’ trajectory changed as they’ve been liberated from what I call the imprisonment of institutions of failure.”
But the apology tour has already reached parody status. Check out the Onion's take:
Cory Booker Apologizes To Wall Street Bankers For The Mean Things He’s Going To Have To Say About Them.”