Democratic Senator Cory Booker in New Jersey still spoke on the Senate floor on Tuesday night, after staging a marathon overnight in protest against the national “crisis,” he said President Donald Trump and Elon Musk had created.
Monday night he said he was set to last “for so long [he is] Physically skilled. “
At. 18.19 On Tuesday, he continued to hold the floor and was close to surpassing the record for the longest Senate’s speech.
Booker took “questions” from his colleagues, but “preserved the floor” during these questions.
He has not sat down since the protest talk began.
“I have fuel in the tanker,” Booker said under the 15-hour brand.
The senator has occupied the small square of space surrounding his desk on the left left side of the chamber since at. 19 Monday night. He can’t eat, sit down or leave the place around his desk.
Senator Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor, March 31, 2025, in Washington, DC.
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There have been a number of long Filibusters in recent years, but the record belongs to Senator Strom Thurmond, who filibusted the 1957 Civil Rights Act for 24 hours and 18 minutes.
Booker’s comments have dealt with a wide range of topics, including Russia-Ukraine war, USAid-placement abroad, concerns about cuts to Medicaid, intersecting among other questions.
He has also read loud letters, which he said were from voters and quoted speeches from numbers as deceased Senator John Lewis, who famously spoke of “good problems” in the struggle for justice and equality.
Booker said at the top of his speech on Monday that he got up “with the intention of disturbing the chamber’s normal business” because he said he believes the country is in “crisis” because of the actions of the White House since Trump started his second period.
“I get up tonight because I sincerely believe our country is in crisis and I think not in a partisan sense because so many of the people who have reached my office in pain in fear of having their lives up – so many of them identify themselves as Republicans,” Booker said.
“In just 71 days, the US president has inflicted so much damage to Americans’ security, financial stability, the core foundations of our democracy and even our hopes as a people [for] Our tallest offices, a sense of common decency, “said Booker.” These are not normal times in America. And they should not be treated as such. “
As long as Booker holds onto the floor, the Senate will not be able to perform other business unless he temporarily gives.
He has become with the Senate’s minority leader Chuck Schumer and Democratic Sens. Lisa Blunt Rochester from Delaware, Chris Murphy from Connecticut, Andy Kim from New Jersey, Peter Welch from Vermont, Dick Durbin from Illinois, Kirsten Gillibrand from New York, Chris Coons from Delaware, Mark Warner from Virginia, Ed Markey from Massachuset, lousy, miserable of Massachusetts and some others.
Booker has entertained questions from the legislators, allowing him short breaks by talking, but he has been careful to note that he “preserves the floor” so as not to break his continuous grip according to the Senate’s procedural rules. He had to remain standing in these “questions” periods.
