 Booker generated controversy on May 12 , 2012 , when he appeared on Meet The Press as a surrogate for the reelection campaign of Barack Obama and made remarks that were critical of that campaign . Booker said that the attacks on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney 's record at Bain Capital were " nauseating to me on both sides . It 's nauseating to the American public . Enough is enough . Stop attacking private equity . Stop attacking Jeremiah Wright . " The comments were subsequently used by the Romney campaign against Obama . Booker made follow @-@ up comments clarifying that he believed Obama 's attacks on Romney 's record at Bain were legitimate but did not retract his point about attacking private equity in general . Two weeks later , Booker 's communications director Anne Torres tendered her resignation , although she maintained it was unrelated to Meet the Press . 
