Cory Booker breaks record for longest Senate speech
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Booker stood and spoke for 25 hours and 5 minutes, according to his office, breaking the record for the longest speech on the Senate floor in modern history.
From CNN
To forestall the call of nature, Booker stopped eating on Friday, and refrained from drinking on Sunday evening, a full 24 hours before he started speaking.
From The Atlantic
"I rise with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able," Booker said.
From BBC
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Democrats longing to ramp up their fight against President Donald Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress have found a standard-bearer in Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ). The 55-year-old senator and one-time presidential candidate’s marathon speech on the Senate floor this week,
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As Democratic Sen. Cory Booker neared Strom Thurmond’s record for the longest speech in Senate history Tuesday night, the typically sparsely filled viewing galleries above the Senate floor grew packed.
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New York Magazine on MSNCory Booker’s Speech Is the Broad Trump Indictment Democrats NeedThe party has been searching for a precise silver-bullet argument against Trump 2.0. Booker has shown another way forward.
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has positioned himself as a leading contender in the 2028 presidential election following the Democrat's record-breaking Senate speech, according to a Republican pollster.
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Sen. Cory Booker shattered a nearly 70-year record Tuesday with the longest Senate speech in history, and went viral while doing it.
Senator Cory Booker's record-breaking speech has stirred presidential speculation, but experts told Newsweek it's too early to know how viable of a candidate he may be in 2028.Newsweek reached out to Booker for comment via his office and political team.
Many Democrats, including in Mr. Booker’s home state of New Jersey, reveled in his stamina and moxie as he assailed President Trump in the longest Senate speech on record.
After creating history by smashing the record for the longest Senate speech in history, Sen. Cory Booker told reporters as he walked off the floor that he was achy and tired, but grateful for his time.