Booker walked to the Senate floor on Monday evening, stating he would stay as long as he was “physically able” in a show of defiance against President Donald Trump’s policies. Cory Booker, a Democratic senator from New Jersey, finally left the Senate floor on Tuesday after a record-breaking 25 hours and five minutes of speaking.
As he began his speech on Monday evening, he promised to speak for as long as he was “physically able,” creating a historic precedent intended to demonstrate Democrats’ opposition to President Donald Trump’s broad actions. Other Democrats helped him by giving him a break from speaking by asking him questions on the Senate floor.
It was a stunning display of stamina as Democrats attempted to demonstrate their disgruntled constituents that they are doing all necessary to oppose Trump’s agenda. However, Booker did provide a moment of historical solace for a party looking for a way forward: by standing on the Senate floor for more than a night and day and refusing to leave, he broke a record set 68 years ago by then-Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a segregationist and southern Democrat, who filibustered the Civil Rights Act’s passage in 1957.
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