--- title: Cory Booker and Mindy Kaling Flirt on Twitter description: Senator Cory Booker and Mindy Kaling exchanged some flirtations and a plan for a meet-up in Newark — could this be the start of a romance? canonical: https://time.com/4712527/cory-booker-mindy-kaling-twitter/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-24T18:12:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T08:25:57.963Z og:title: Cory Booker and Mindy Kaling Are Totally Flirting og:description: Tweets don't lie og:url: https://time.com/4712527/cory-booker-mindy-kaling-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e4d823c062008d6/6988bfca2dce0197cd9ecc26/mindy-kaling-cory-booker-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Cory Booker and Mindy Kaling Are Totally Flirting twitter:description: Tweets don't lie twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e4d823c062008d6/6988bfca2dce0197cd9ecc26/mindy-kaling-cory-booker-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Cory Booker Just Asked Mindy Kaling to Dinner on Twitter. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, twice a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=e28473a3-4424-4d30-bd69-988e3f81cfa8&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: Cory Booker Asks Mindy Kaling Out on Twitter — Are They the Couple We Never Knew We Needed? [Watch (HLS stream): Cory Booker Asks Mindy Kaling Out on Twitter — Are They the Couple We Never Knew We Needed?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/0fvODdui.m3u8) (0:51)  _Published 2017-03-24. Is a new romance blooming in Newark, New Jersey?_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 24, 2017 6:12 PM UTC Is a new romance blooming in Newark, New Jersey?  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 24, 2017 6:12 PM UTC In a case of life imitating art, [Mindy Kaling](http://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/mindy-kaling/) and [New Jersey Senator Cory Booker](http://time.com/4631737/cory-booker-jeff-sessions-hearing-2020/) may have just started a romance — or at the very least, a beautiful friendship — on Twitter, in a series of events that seem more fitting for the rom-com heavy plotlines of Kaling’s show [_The Mindy Project_](http://time.com/3860406/hulu-the-mindy-project/). It all began when Booker sent Kaling a tweet that playfully called out her character Mindy Lahiri’s shoutout to Booker and her apparent negative view of Newark in a recent episode, while still reassuring Kaling that he loved her despite the gentle criticism. Kaling responded with equal enthusiasm and affection, telling Booker that the love was “mutual!” > [](https://twitter.com/CoryBooker/status/844971581084516353) > [](https://twitter.com/mindykaling/status/844973476007989249) Booker seized this opportunity to ask Kaling to join him for dinner in Newark — and was rewarded with an affirmative tweet from Kaling, who said that she would have to find a PATH train schedule. > [](https://twitter.com/mindykaling/status/844996730449899520) Booker, however, ever the gentleman, told Kaling that he would send her a car. If that’s not romance, then nothing is. > [](https://twitter.com/CoryBooker/status/845003316732055552) ## Transcript [00:00] New Jersey senator Cory Booker asked Mindy Kaling [00:02] out on a date and she said yes. It [00:06] all began when Mindy Kaling's character on a recent [00:08] episode of her show The Mindy Project gave a dig at [00:12] Newark New Jersey, as well as the city's former mayor [00:14] and current New Jersey senator Cory Booker. After that [00:17] show Booker twitted that Kaling with a link to a New [00:20] York travel guide and told her that, he still loved her [00:23] Mindy responded by saying, Senator, if Mindy Lahiri [00:25] shades it, it means we know it's cool. Thanks for the [00:28] love, it's mutual. Booker then replied, you're making [00:31] my day! Thank for the clarification. And if the love is [00:34] really mutual, come have dinner with me in Newark? [00:37] The actress said yes, then asked him for a train [00:40] schedule. That train's official Twitter account was quick [00:43] to respond and lend her a hand. Booker, however, [00:45] said that while the train is great, she's Lyft worthy and [00:48] he would send a car door to door. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4712527/cory-booker-mindy-kaling-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4712527/cory-booker-mindy-kaling-twitter/"},"headline":"Cory Booker Just Asked Mindy Kaling to Dinner on Twitter. 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