Cory Booker Talks Being a Twitter Superhero With Jon Stewart

Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker is in the business of putting superheros to shame.

At least, according to "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart. But few would argue with the hyperbolic statement. The mayor recently went on a "food-stamps diet" to demonstrate solidarity with Americans relying on SNAP benefits, pulled a woman from a burning car and let New Jersey residents affected by Hurricane Sandy live in his home.

You pull babies out of burning buildings, you have reversed the rotation of the earth to save Lois Lane. How does this happen to you? Do you patrol at night? Are you filming an episode of Cops? Stewart asks Booker.

To which Booker replies that yes, at one point, he…
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