During the Democrat Stuntapalooza in the first two months of President Donald Trump’s administration, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) delivered what has been dubbed a “marathon speech” on Monday night into Tuesday night. He was occasionally joined by his colleagues on the Senate floor to provide support.
On Tuesday evening, Senator Booker was informed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) that he had surpassed the record for the longest speech ever given in the Senate. Senator Booker had indeed been aiming for this milestone:
“I was very aware of Strom Thurmond’s record. Since I’ve gotten to the Senate, I always felt that it was a strange shadow hang over this institution, that the longest speech. All the issues have come up on noble causes that people have done, or the things it took to try to stop. I just found it strange that he had the record. And as a guy who’s grew up with the legends of the civil rights movement, myself, my parents and other their friends, it just seemed wrong.”
