"The video, filmed in the back seat of a car and posted Sunday, shows former White House press office chief of staff Yemisi Egbewole smiling into the camera as she delivers what she calls "an interesting update" about Booker's marriage to Alexis Lewis. "Okay, so Corey Booker got married and ... to a woman, and this is just very interesting, just an interesting update about Cory Booker. Cory Booker married a woman. He is now happily married," she says in the clip, which has been viewed more than 311,000 times."
"Booker, 56, married Lewis, a managing director at a global investment firm, in two small ceremonies over Thanksgiving week: a November civil ceremony at the federal courthouse in Newark, where he served as mayor, and a private interfaith celebration in Washington, D.C. on Saturday attended by close family. Lewis, a New Jersey native with a background in finance, philanthropy, and economic equity work, has kept a low public profile."
"On TikTok, where the clip spread rapidly, commenters focused heavily on her emphasis on "to a woman," interpreting it as a layered insinuation. "'To a woman' had me screaming," one user wrote."
A former senior Biden White House communications staffer turned Fox contributor posted a 16-second TikTok that questioned Senator Cory Booker's marriage and prompted criticism. The clip, filmed in a car and viewed hundreds of thousands of times, emphasized that Booker married "to a woman," which many viewers read as an insinuation about his sexuality. Booker married Alexis Lewis in two small ceremonies over Thanksgiving week, including a civil ceremony in Newark and a private interfaith celebration in Washington, D.C. Lewis has a finance and philanthropy background and has kept a low public profile. The post revived past public interest in Booker's earlier relationship with Rosario Dawson.
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