Cory Booker Shatters Record For Longest Senate Speech In Marathon Session In Protest Of Donald Trump
deadline.comSen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) shattered a nearly 68-year record this evening, as he spoke on the Senate floor for 24 hours and 19 minutes to protest President Donald Trump‘s tenure.
CNN, MSNBC and the BBC carried the moment, but Fox News did not. But the attention that Booker’s speech drew on social media appeared to be something that Democrats have been craving since Trump’s return to the White House: A messenger who can break through the noise.
His office said that he drew 280 million likes on his TikTok livestream. As Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that Booker had broken the record, the Senate chamber broke out in sustained applause. “Do you know you have just broken the record?
Do you know how proud this caucus is of you? Do you know how proud America is of you?” After the applause, Booker said to Schumer, “You asked me, ‘Did I know?
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