Newark NJ Water Scandal Catches Up To 2020 Democrat Candidate Cory Booker

2020 Democratic candidate Cory Booker is making the environment one of the central pillars of his campaign.

But when he was the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, he was at the center of a water scandal that is coming back to haunt him.

ABC News reports:

For Cory Booker, water crisis awakens ghosts of past Newark water scandal

As a presidential candidate, Cory Booker has made environmental protections a central tenet of his social justice platform. As a United States senator, he emerged as a leading voice on the front lines of safe water for urban-dwellers.

But a growing water quality crisis gripping Newark, New Jersey, is bringing fresh attention and scrutiny of Booker’s own record when he was that city’s mayor — at a time when the water system was marred by scandal.

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