Sen. Cory Booker, a fellow New Jersey Democrat, is among those who want Menendez to vacate his seat after being indicted on bribery-related charges.
Sen. Bob Menendez speaks during a press conference on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in Union City, N.J. Menendez and his wife have been indicted on charges of bribery.
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., listens during a Senate hearing on Capitol Hill, March 16, 2023 in Washington. “We cannot have this seat in play now because of this. It’s not about him, it’s about control of that seat and the Senate, and we have our colleagues in tough, hard races right now to maintain that majority, and this is beyond selfish,” Fetterman told reporters.
Several Republicans on Capitol Hill, including Sens. Tom Cotton and Marco Rubio , urged Menendez to stay put, accusing Democrats of wanting him gone for political reasons. “The allegations against the Senior Senator from New Jersey are nasty & the evidence offered difficult to explain away,” Rubio wrote in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. “But in America guilt is decided by a jury, not politicians in fear of their party losing a Senate seat.
Sen. Chris Murphy , who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters that “the best path forward for Sen. Menendez and for the Senate is for him to step down.”
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