NJ Sen. Cory Booker Breaks Senate Record with 25-Hour Speech on National Crisis

Marathon Speech on the Senate Floor

• 🎤 Senator Cory Booker concluded a marathon speech on the US Senate floor, speaking for 25 hours.
• 🏆 Booker broke the previous record for the longest Senate speech, previously held by Strom Thurman.

Motivation and Message

• ⚠️ The speech was a protest against what Booker called a national crisis created by President Trump and Elon Musk.
• 💡 Booker expressed hope that his speech would inspire others to act and find resolve within the party.
• 🗣️ He centered his address on a call for his party to look inward and commit to doing better.

Speech Details

• ⏳ Booker spoke for 25 hours, only yielding to a few fellow senators during that time.
• 📜 The record he broke was previously set by Strom Thurman during his filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.