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Cory Booker - marathon speech

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But what did he accomplish?

It was NOT a filibuster - it was 24 hours of Trump bad...

Who was there through the night as he blathered on?
I dropped in for a whole 30 seconds or so. He looked really tired.
 
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He removed Strom Thurmond as the record holder for a Senate speech. Thurmond was trying to prevent the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

Sen Booker:
"I just found it strange that he had the record," Booker said. "And as a guy who grew up with legends of the Civil Rights Movement myself — my parents and their friends — it just seemed wrong to me, always seemed wrong."

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/02/nx-s1-5349321/watch-booker-speech-video-highlights
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5227086-booker-irked-thurmond-held-previous-record-senate/
 
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There was a live stream on YouTube.
I’m sure the Junior Senator from New Jersey will have his staff go through it for notable sound bites that he’ll be able to play over the years, whilst casually mentioning the reported remarks came from “the longest speech in Senate history”.
 
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