"Republican Steve Lonegan, who is running against Cory Booker for Senate in New Jersey, on Tuesday called his rival's comments about speculation on his sexuality "weird" and said the Newark mayor was "acting ambiguous."

Booker recently addressed rumors about his sexuality, telling The Washington Post, 'People who think I'm gay, some part of me thinks it's wonderful. Because I want to challenge people on their homophobia.'"* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.

Read more here from Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
politico.com/story/2013/08/steve-lonegan-cory-booker-new-jersey-senate-race-95984.html

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