Cory Booker Sets Senate Record with 25-Hour Protest Against Trump Policies

The Democratic senator's historic speech highlighted perceived threats to American democracy and criticized public sector cuts under the Trump administration.

• Senator Cory Booker delivered a 25-hour and 5-minute speech in the Senate, breaking the previous record set in 1957 by Strom Thurmond.
• Booker criticized President Donald Trump's policies, including significant public sector cuts and actions he described as undermining democratic norms.
• The speech, live-streamed on YouTube, garnered significant public attention with over 110,000 viewers by its conclusion.
• Booker framed his speech as a call to action, emphasizing the urgency of addressing what he described as a crisis in American democracy.
• Democratic colleagues supported Booker by asking questions to provide brief pauses, while the event drew mixed reactions from the Senate floor.

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