Watch: Larry Wilmore throws tea at Sen. Cory Booker on 'Nightly Show'
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker was one of Larry Wilmore’s first guests on his inaugural episode of “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore.”
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker was one of Larry Wilmore's first guests on his inaugural episode of "The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore."
Wilmore, Comedy Central's replacement for Stephen Colbert, hosted a panel called "State of the Black Protest" featuring Sen. Booker along with rapper and activist Talib Kweli, comedian Bill Burr, and correspondent Shenaz Treasury. The panelists were then subjected to the night's game of "Keep it 100," in which they had to give completely honest answers to Wilmore's prying questions, known as keeping it 100. "I guess the white version is truth or dare except here we don't have the dare," Wilmore said.
When the time came for Sen. Booker to face Wilmore's questions, he had only two options: give a good, honest answer and get a "I keep it 100" sticker like the rest of the panelists or give an answer the audience didn't like, honest or otherwise, and get a handful of teabags thrown his way. Sen. Booker got the latter.
Watch the clip below to see how the New Jersey senator responded when asked whether he was interested in pursuing a presidential bid.