Bloomberg says he shouldn't have called Booker 'well-spoken'
The New Jersey senator said he was "taken aback" by the former New York mayor's language.
Mike Bloomberg on Friday expressed regret for calling fellow Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker “well-spoken” earlier in the day, after the New Jersey senator said he was “taken aback” by the racially loaded remark from the former New York mayor.
“I probably shouldn't have used the word,” Bloomberg told reporters at a campaign event in Georgia. “But I can just tell you he is a friend of mine, and he is a Rhodes Scholar, which is much more impressive than my academic background. I envy him, and he can certainly speak for himself.”