Booker Breaks Record For Longest Senate Speech

The Associated Press reports:

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted all night and into Tuesday afternoon in a feat of endurance to show Democrats’ resistance to President Donald Trump’s sweeping actions.

Booker took to the Senate floor on Monday evening, saying he would remain there as long as he was “physically able.” More than 24 hours later, the 55-year-old senator, a former football tight end, was plainly exhausted but still going.

Shifting his feet, then leaning on his podium, Booker railed for hours against cuts to Social Security offices led by Trump adviser Elon Musk’s DODGE. He listed the impacts of Trump’s early orders and spoke to concerns that broader cuts to the social safety net could be coming,

Read the full article. He’s still going at this writing.

Brought my kids down to the Capitol to cheer on @CoryBooker as he approaches the record breaking moment! Let’s go Cory! So proud of you. pic.twitter.com/LldBukKMYa

— Andy Kim (@AndyKimNJ) April 1, 2025

“I don’t want a Disney vacation of our history! I don’t a whitewashed history, I don’t want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness” — 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥 pic.twitter.com/IXxRaT5vKE

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 1, 2025

Cory Booker goes OFF on Trump in the 17th hour of his filibuster: “He promised to lower your grocery prices – they’re higher. Over and over he’s breaking promises and doing outrageous things like disappearing people off American streets. Do we see what’s happening?” pic.twitter.com/j1gIky6KLV

— Marco Foster (@MarcoFoster_) April 1, 2025

Cory Booker Surpasses 300 MILLION LIKES on TikTok Live.

We stand with you ✊🏾 pic.twitter.com/iXv2JnUwvc

— ABCDEF (@Forefathers43) April 1, 2025