Cory Booker gives pep talk to Jones volunteers in Birmingham: 'America runs vibrant' in Alabama

""What I know from years of coming down to this great state ... seeing the goodness and the decency of folk, America runs vibrant and real and strong here. The best of who we are is here. This is the United States of America, proud states. Don't let anybody talk about Alabama talk down to Alabama," Booker, who is supporting Jones in Tuesday's special election, told the crowd. "There is goodness and decency and mercy and love here."

Booker said, "We need leaders that are not going to divide us and separate us and tear us up and dissect us," adding that "there are consequential moments in our American history and this is one of them.""