 When I sat down with Senator Cory Booker on At Our Table, I expected we’d talk about Congress, about power, about the state of the country. We did. But we also talked about love, responsibility, frustration, and the kind of strength this moment requires. Marriage, he said, changed him in ways politics never could.
That led us to a deeper discussion on how other men experience connections—and loneliness. At one point he said something that cut through the noise:
He wasn’t being rhetorical. He talked about isolation, about fewer friendships, about anxiety and stress. About online spaces that feel like community but deepen resentment instead.
The pressure to be stoic. To hold it in. To appear strong even when it’s destructive. And when men do try to reach out?
That’s when the conversation shifted from personal to political. Because this isn’t just about mindset. It’s about structure. Senator Booker didn’t hold back about our own party either:
One vote. That’s the difference between theory and reality. He brought it back to something even simpler:
And when we talked about turnout in places like South Carolina, he said it plainly:
That’s not pundit talk. That’s accountability. We talked about corruption and money in politics:
And about the need for something more than opposition:
Not just what we’re against. What we’re building. If anger is the spark, responsibility is the fire. And we’d better decide what we’re going to build with it. Grateful you’re at the table, —Jaime You’re currently a free subscriber to Jaime’s Table. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Sen. Cory Booker on Power, Courage, and the Future of America
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