--- title: Cory Booker Endless Dating Coffee Jokes Amuse the Internet description: Cory Booker's nearly decade-long joke about "dating" coffee has resurfaced, much to the amusement of the Internet. canonical: https://time.com/5554379/cory-booker-coffee-joke/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-19T17:41:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:10.061Z og:title: Cory Booker's Longtime 'Dating Coffee' Joke Amuses Internet og:description: He's been joking about it for a decade og:url: https://time.com/5554379/cory-booker-coffee-joke/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt691ad5e85e66772b/698946ed86f68e226c6eb899/cory-booker-dating-coffee-joke.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. 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Meet the Democratic Candidates Running for President in 2020_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 19, 2019 5:41 PM UTC  NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 24: U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) speaks at his "Conversation with Cory" campaign event at the Nevada Partners Event Center on February 24, 2019 in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Booker is campaigning for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 24: U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) speaks at his "Conversation with Cory" campaign event at the Nevada Partners Event Center on February 24, 2019 in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Booker is campaigning for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Ethan Miller—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 19, 2019 5:41 PM UTC While many people might know that United States senator and [Democratic presidential hopeful Cory Booker](http://time.com/5518158/cory-booker-campaign-launch/) is an [active Twitter user](http://time.com/4712527/cory-booker-mindy-kaling-twitter/), the Internet recently rediscovered the New Jersey politician’s penchant for the same corny joke about coffee — a predilection so strong that Booker’s actually been telling the same joke for nearly a decade. Thanks to some online sleuthing by writer Anna Fitzpatrick, it’s been revealed that Booker has told the joke, which consists of variations on a bit about Booker “breaking up with sleep” to start “dating coffee” on Twitter no less than 12 times since 2009, when Booker was [still the mayor of Newark](http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1910913,00.html). The joke generally riffs on how “hot” coffee is and Booker’s complicated and often tumultuous relationship with sleep, which often includes “fights” and frequent “break ups.” Fitzgerald noted that Booker first started his “dating coffee” joke in May 2009 and last tweeted about it in 2017\. Booker is currently dating actress and activist Rosario Dawson, but given his affinity for coffee, she might want to hide the French press. See all of Booker’s “dating coffee” tweets below. > [](https://twitter.com/bananafitz/status/1107756767000223744) > [](https://twitter.com/bananafitz/status/1107758387809251329) > [](https://twitter.com/bananafitz/status/1107758476984377344) > [](https://twitter.com/bananafitz/status/1107758560690106368) > [](https://twitter.com/bananafitz/status/1107758626473558016) > [](https://twitter.com/bananafitz/status/1107758672069816321) > [](https://twitter.com/bananafitz/status/1107758768182312960) > [](https://twitter.com/bananafitz/status/1107758883173335040) > [](https://twitter.com/bananafitz/status/1107758952010309632) > [](https://twitter.com/bananafitz/status/1107759044612096000) > [](https://twitter.com/bananafitz/status/1107759092141981696) > [](https://twitter.com/bananafitz/status/1107759316382048256) > [](https://twitter.com/bananafitz/status/1107759459458138112) ## Transcript Democrats are lining up to run against Donald Trump. [ MUSIC ] With the 2020 election still a ways away, an unusually large number of candidates have announced they are running or hinted strongly that they will. Here's a look at some of the major names who have joined the race so far. [ MUSIC ] As a law professor, Warren helped create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Before joining the Senate in 2012. She's long advocated for tougher rules on banks and corporations and pocketbook issues like student loan reform. A former member of the House from upstate New York, Gillibrand has moved to the left since taking Hillary Clinton's old Senate seat in 2009. In announcing her run, she cited her experience as a young mom. A former state legislator and US representative, Brown has represented Ohio in the Senate since 2006. He will be pushing a brand of Midwestern liberalism that mixes Trump's skepticism of trade agreements with Warren's concerns about Wall Street. An Iraq veteran and former state lawmaker, Gabbard was the first Hindu elected to Congress. But her past opposition to gay marriage and interactions with Syrian dictator Bashar al- Assad make her a long shot in the Democratic primary. [ MUSIC ] The former mayor of San Antonio and Housing and Urban Development secretary, Castro has an unusual resume for a presidential candidate. But he believes his arguments on hot- button issues like immigration can help him break out. 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