Summary
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) broke the record for longest Senate floor speech at 25 hours and 5 minutes, surpassing the 24-hour, 18-minute filibuster by former Sen. Strom Thurmond, who opposed the 1957 Civil Rights Act.
Booker said it “irked” him that Thurmond’s record symbolized efforts to block civil rights.
He used the speech to protest potential GOP spending cuts and Trump-era policies.
Supported by fellow Democrats, Booker remained standing and speaking for over a day, calling his action a symbolic reclaiming of the Senate’s legacy.
Sure I mean I’ll take this over the do-nothing strategy, but yeah he’s already pivoting to identity politics. Like bro…that’s not what this is about, stop huffing your own senator chamber farts for fucks sake.
Curious what he had to say about the corrupting influence of big pharma or commercial real estate bribe money during this speech. Anything? Bueller?!